Precise age determination of mafic and felsic intrusive rocks from the Permian Emeishan large igneous province (SW China)

Gondwana Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 118-126

  Shellnutt, J Gregory ^a,b   Denyszyn, Steven W ^c   Mundil, Roland ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emeishan large igneous province; End Guadalupian mass extinction; Permian; SW China; U Pb CA TIMS geochronology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860881366     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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