Late Paleoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic Dongchuan Group in Yunnan, SW China: Implications for tectonic evolution of the Yangtze Block

Precambrian Research

Volumn 182, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 57-69

  Zhao, Xin Fu ^a   Zhou, Mei Fu ^a   Li, Jian Wei ^b   Sun, Min ^a   Gao, Jian Feng ^a   Sun, Wei Hua ^a   Yang, Jin Hui ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Columbia supercontinent; Continental rift; Dongchuan Group; Paleoproterozoic; Yangtze Block; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL ARC; MANTLE SOURCE; OUTCROP; PROTEROZOIC; RIFT ZONE; SANDSTONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; DONGCHUAN; YANGTZE PLATFORM; YUNNAN;

EID: 77956186274     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.06.021     Document Type: Article

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