From Rodinia to Gondwanaland: A tale of detrital zircon provenance analyses from the southern Nanhua basin, South China

American Journal of Science

Volumn 314, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 278-313

  Yao, Wei Hua ^a,b   Li, Zheng Xiang ^a   Li, Wu Xian ^c   Li, Xian Hua ^d   Yang, Jin Hui ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Cathaysia Block; Detrital zircon; Gondwanaland; North India; Rodinia; South China

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GONDWANA; OROGENY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; RODINIA; ZIRCON;

CATHAYSIA BLOCK; CHINA; INDIA; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84898678053     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/01.2014.08     Document Type: Article

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