Neoproterozoic ages of the Kuluketage diabase dyke swarm in Tarim, NW China, and its relationship to the breakup of Rodinia

Geological Magazine

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 150-154

  Zhang, Zhiyong ^a   Zhu, Wenbin ^a   Shu, Liangshu ^a   su, Jinbao ^a   Zheng, Bihai ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dyke swarm; Neoproterozoic; Rodinia; Tarim

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011526615     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756808005839     Document Type: Article

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