Tracing the position of the South China block in Gondwana: U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes of Devonian detrital zircons

Gondwana Research - Tập 19 - Trang 141-149 - 2011
Liang Duan1, Qing-Ren Meng2, Cheng-Li Zhang1, Xiao-Ming Liu1
1State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, Shaanxi, China
2Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China

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