U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology and its implications: The early late triassic yanchang formation, south ordos basin, china

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 86-98

  Xie, Xiangyang ^a   Heller, Paul L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

LA ICP MS; Late Triassic; Ordos Basin; U Pb detrital zircon; Yanchang Formation

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DEPOSITION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; OROGENIC BELT; OUTCROP; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TERRANE; TRIASSIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LASER METHOD;

CHINA; ORDOS BASIN;

EID: 84877074532     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.11.045     Document Type: Article

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