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Silicic ash beds bracket Emeishan Large Igneous Province to < 1 m.y. at ~ 260 Ma
(2016-11-01) - Journal articleClaystone beds directly below and above the Emeishan basalts in SW China formed around the Guadalupian-Lopingian (G-L) boundary. Zircons from both levels give U–Pb ages of ~ 260 Ma, and are identical within-error to ages ... -
Tectonic settings of continental crust formation : insights from Pb isotopes in feldspar inclusions in zircon
(2016-10-01) - Journal articleMost crustal rocks derive from preexisting crust, and so the composition of newly generated (juvenile) continental crust, and hence the tectonic settings of its formation, have remained difficult to determine, especially ... -
An early Neoproterozoic accretionary prism ophiolitic mélange from the western Jiangnan orogenic belt, South China
(2016-09) - Journal articleThe Neoproterozoic Jiangnan orogenic belt delineates the suture zone between the Cathaysia and Yangtze blocks of the South China Craton. The western part of the belt, in the Longsheng region, consists of a disrupted ... -
Onset of the aerobic nitrogen cycle during the Great Oxidation Event
(2017-02-23) - Journal itemThe rise of oxygen on the early Earth (about 2.4 billion years ago)1 caused a reorganization of marine nutrient cycles2, 3, including that of nitrogen, which is important for controlling global primary productivity. However, ... -
Spatial reconstruction of Scottish summer temperatures from tree rings
(2017-03-15) - Journal articleA detailed understanding of past temporal patterns and spatial expression of temperature variations is important to place recent anthropogenic climate change into a longer term context. In order to fill the current gap in ...
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