Provenance and tectonic setting of Neoproterozoic sedimentary sequences in the South China Block: Evidence from detrital zircon ages and Hf-Nd isotopes

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1723-1744

  Wang, Wei ^a,c   Chen, Fukun ^a   Hu, Rong ^a   Chu, Yang ^b   Yang, Yi Zeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Detrital zircon; Glaciation; Hf Nd isotopes; Neoproterozoic; South China Block

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; RODINIA; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 84866468053     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-011-0746-z     Document Type: Article

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