Thermochronology of mineral grains in the Red and Mekong Rivers, Vietnam: Provenance and exhumation implications for Southeast Asia

Date

2006

Authors

Clift, Peter D.
Carter, Andrew
Campbell, Ian
Pringle, Malcolm
Nguyen, Van Lap
Allen, Charlotte M
Hodges, Kip V
Mai, Thanh Tan

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American Geophysical Union

Abstract

Sand samples from the mouths of the Red and Mekong Rivers were analyzed to determine the provenance and exhumation history of their source regions. U-Pb dating of detrital zircon grains shows that the main sources comprise crust formed within the Yangtze

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Keywords: Erosion; Geochemistry; Provenance; Thermochronology; Tibet

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Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. G3

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