Basement of Junggar basin: Evidence from detrital zircons in sandstone of previous Devonian Kalamaili formation

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1577-1590

  Li, YaPing ^a   Li, JinYi ^a   Sun, GuiHua ^a   Zhu, ZhiXin ^a,c   Yang, ZhiQin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Beijing SHRIMP Center   (China)

^c BGMRED of Xinjiang   (China)

Author keywords

Basement; Detrital zircons; Junggar basin; Kalamaili formation; Provenance; Sandstone; SHRIMP U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SANDSTONE; SHELLFISH;

BASEMENT; DETRITAL ZIRCON; JUNGGAR BASIN; KALAMAILI FORMATION; PROVENANCE; SHRIMP U-PB DATING;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BASEMENT ROCK; CARBONIFEROUS; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DEVONIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84978010438     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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