Origin of terranes in the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, NE China: U–Pb ages of detrital zircons from Ordovician–Devonian sandstones, North Da Xing'an Mts.

Elsevier BV - Tập 511 Số 3-4 - Trang 109-124 - 2011
Guoqing Han1,2, Yongjiang Liu1, Franz Neubauer2, Johann Genser2, Wei Li1,2, Yingli Zhao1, Chenyue Liang1
1College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, Jianshe Str. 2199, Changchun 130061, Jilin, China
2Department Geology and Geography, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunner Str. 34, Salzburg A-5020, Austria

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