Revisiting the Liantuo Formation in Yangtze Block, South China: SIMS U-Pb zircon age constraints and regional and global significance

Precambrian Research

Volumn 263, Issue , 2015, Pages 123-141

  Lan, Zhongwu ^a   Li, Xian Hua ^a   Zhu, Maoyan ^b   Zhang, Qirui ^a   Li, Qiu Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Age paleopole contradictions; Banxi Group; Liantuo Formation; SIMS U Pb zircon ages; South China; Tuff tuffaceous siltstone beds

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAURENTIA; PRECAMBRIAN; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RODINIA; SILTSTONE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TUFF; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 84926434098     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2015.03.012     Document Type: Article

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