Early Cretaceous stratigraphy and SHRIMP U-Pb age constrain the Valanginian-Hauterivian boundary in southern Tibet

Lethaia

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-244

  Wan, Xiaoqiao ^a   Scott, Robert ^b   Chen, Wen ^c   Gao, Lianfeng ^d   Zhang, Yiyi ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^d HEBEI POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIVALVE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HAUTERIVIAN; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; NANOFOSSIL; RHYOLITE; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VALANGINIAN;

CHINA; GYANGZE; XIZANG;

AMMONOIDEA; BIVALVIA; INOCERAMUS; NANNOCONUS; WATZNAUERIA BARNESAE;

EID: 79955537204     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2010.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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