Revised chronostratigraphic framework of the metamorphic strata in the Jiangnan Orogenic Belt, South China and its tectonic implications

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 339-349

  Gao, Linzhi ^a   Ding, Xiaozhong ^a   Zhang, Chuanheng ^c   Chen, Jun ^b   Liu, Yaorong ^b   Zhang, Hang ^c   Liu, Xanxue ^a   Pang, Weihua ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Hunan Museum of Geology   (China)

^c China University of Geoscience   (China)

^d Chengdu Institute Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Chronostratigraphic; Meso and Neoproterozoic; Orogenic belt; South China continent; Tectonic events

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; OROGENIC BELT; OUTCROP; PROTEROZOIC; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SHRIMP DATING; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CATHAYSIA BLOCK; CHINA; HEBEI; HUNAN; JIANGNAN; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; WULING MOUNTAIN; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 84863320537     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2012.00664.x     Document Type: Article

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