Tracing the position of the South China block in Gondwana: U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of Devonian detrital zircons

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 141-149

  Duan, Liang ^a   Meng, Qing Ren ^b   Zhang, Cheng Li ^a   Liu, Xiao Ming ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Devonian; Gondwana; Hf isotopes; South China block; U Pb age; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARENITE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DEVONIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; QUARTZ; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 78650686761     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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