Coupled U-Pb dating and Hf isotopic analysis of detrital zircon of modern river sand from the yalu river (Yarlung Tsangpo) drainage system in southern tibet: Constraints on the transport processes and evolution of himalayan rivers

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 1449-1473

  Zhang, J Y ^a   Yin, A ^a,b   Liu, W C ^a   Wu, F Y ^c   Lin, Ding ^c   Grove, M ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; COMBINED EFFECT; DETRITAL ZIRCON; DILUTION EFFECT; DOWNSTREAM REGION; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; HF ISOTOPE; HIMALAYAN RIVERS; HIMALAYAS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MODAL COMPOSITION; NEO GENES; NEW SOURCES; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; RIVER SANDS; SOUTHERN TIBET; TRANSPORT PROCESS; U-PB DATING; ZIRCON AGE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; ZIRCON;

RIVERS;

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DRAINAGE BASIN; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; RIVER EVOLUTION; TRIBUTARY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; XIZANG; YALU RIVER;

EID: 84867383703     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30592.1     Document Type: Article

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