U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from the meta-sedimentary rocks in central Jiangxi Province, South China: Implications for the Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of South China Block

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-55

  Li, Long Ming ^a   Sun, Min ^a   Wang, Yuejun ^b   Xing, Guangfu ^c   Zhao, Guochun ^a   He, Yanhong ^a   He, Kejun ^d   Zhang, Aimei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cathaysia Block; Garnet mica schist; Hf isotope; Neoproterozoic; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PROTEROZOIC; SCHIST; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CATHAYSIA BLOCK; CHINA; JIANGXI; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 79952617252     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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