Origin and tectonic implications of the early Middle Triassic tuffs in the western Yangtze Craton: Insight into whole-rock geochemical and zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic signatures
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2020.12.030
Abstract: Abstract The tuff layer steadily distributed in the western Yangtze Craton is a regional marker for the Early–Middle Triassic (Olenekian–Anisian) boundary. Integrated studies of whole-rock geochemistry and zircon geochronology reveal that the parental magma of… read more here.
Keywords: western yangtze; middle triassic; early middle; craton ... See more keywords
Microbial mineralization of botryoidal laminations in the Upper Ediacaran dolostones, Western Yangtze Platform, SW China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2020.104334
Abstract: Abstract Botryoidal dolostones are abundant in the Second Member of the Upper Ediacaran Dengying Formation in the Western Yangtze Platform. Although they have been extensively discussed as important host rocks for giant gas reservoirs, there… read more here.
Keywords: upper ediacaran; western yangtze; botryoidal laminations; lamination ... See more keywords
Ca. 1.04 Ga hot Grenville granites in the western Yangtze Block, southwest China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2019.04.024
Abstract: Abstract The late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic magmatism in the western Yangtze Block, though minor in volume, has offered a rare opportunity for understanding the role of the Yangtze Block in the Grenville orogeny. The… read more here.
Keywords: hot grenville; yangtze block; western yangtze; zircon ... See more keywords