LA-ICPMS U-Pb zircon age constraints on the provenance of Cretaceous sediments in the Yichang area of the Jianghan Basin, central China

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 172-183

  Shen, Chuanbo ^a   Mei, Lianfu ^a   Peng, Lei ^a   Chen, Youzhi ^a   Yang, Zhao ^b   Hong, Guangfu ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Exhumation; Jianghan Basin; Provenance; U Pb zircon ages

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EXHUMATION; GRANITOID; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; PROVENANCE; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; HUBEI; HUNAN; JIANGHAN BASIN; YICHANG;

EID: 84855339893     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.10.016     Document Type: Article

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