Global synchronous initiation of the 2nd episode of Sturtian glaciation: SIMS zircon U-Pb and O isotope evidence from the Jiangkou Group, South China

Precambrian Research

Volumn 267, Issue , 2015, Pages 28-38

  Lan, Zhongwu ^a   Li, Xian Hua ^a   Zhang, Qirui ^a   Li, Qiu Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Jiangkou group; Second episode; Stratigraphic correlation; Sturtian glaciation; Synchronous; Xieshuihe formation

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GLACIATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHRIMP DATING; SILTSTONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA;

EID: 84934984573     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2015.06.002     Document Type: Article

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