Detrital zircon U-Pb ages, Hf isotopes and tectonic implications for Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks from the Xing-Meng orogenic belt, middle-east part of inner Mongolia, China

Geological Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-81

  Li, Dapeng ^a,b   Chen, Yuelong ^a   Wang, Zhong ^c   Hou, Kejun ^d   Liu, Changzheng ^e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c Inner Mongolia Institute of Geological Survey   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^e Mineral Exploration of Qinghai Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

China; Clastic sedimentary rocks; Detrital zircon; Devonian; Hf isotopes; Silurian; U Pb dating; Xing Meng Orogen

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILURIAN; SUTURE ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; MONGOLIA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 78650255560     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1257     Document Type: Article

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