Reappraisal of the ages of Neoproterozoic strata in South China: No connection with the Grenvillian orogeny

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 299-302

  Zhao, Jun Hong ^a   Zhou, Mei Fu ^b   Yan, Dan Ping ^c   Zheng, Jian Ping ^a   Li, Jian Wei ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; LEAD ALLOYS; METALS; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

BACKARC SPREADING; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GRANITIC PLUTONS; LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC; OCEAN ISLAND BASALTS; OCEANIC SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ZIRCON U-PB AGE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

AGE DETERMINATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; FOLD BELT; MAFIC ROCK; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; RODINIA; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CATHAYSIA BLOCK; CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 79954620931     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31701.1     Document Type: Article

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