Depositional age, provenance, and tectonic setting of the Neoproterozoic Sibao Group, southeastern Yangtze Block, South China

Precambrian Research

Volumn 192-195, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-124

  Wang, Wei ^a   Zhou, Mei Fu ^a   Yan, Dan Ping ^b   Li, Jian Wei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Detrital zircon; Geochemistry; Neoproterozoic; Provenance; Sibao Group; South China; U Pb geochronology; Yangtze Block

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CORRELATION; DEPOSITION; FLYSCH; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; MUDSTONE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; TECTONIC SETTING; TURBIDITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 81055137178     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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