Early Neoproterozoic (~850Ma) back-arc basin in the Central Jiangnan Orogen (Eastern South China): Geochronological and petrogenetic constraints from meta-basalts

Precambrian Research

Volumn 231, Issue , 2013, Pages 325-342

  Zhang, Yuzhi ^a,b   Wang, Yuejun ^a   Geng, Hongyan ^c   Zhang, Yanhua ^d   Fan, Weiming ^a   Zhong, Hong ^e  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Back arc basin; Central Jiangnan Orogen; Early Neoproterozoic time; MORB source with arc like signatures; Zircon U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAFIC ROCK; METABASALT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OROGENY; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; JIANGNAN;

EID: 84877337007     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2013.03.016     Document Type: Article

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