Detrital zircon geochronology of the Cretaceous Sindong Group, Southeast Korea: Implications for depositional age and Early Cretaceous igneous activity

Island Arc

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 647-658

  Lee, Yong Il ^a   Choi, Taejin ^a   Lim, Hyoun Soo ^b   Orihashi, Yuji ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Depositional age; Gyeongsang Basin; Magmatism; U Pb zircon age

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

KYONGSANG BASIN; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 78649687912     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2010.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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