SHRIMP zircon U–Pb ages from coal beds across the Permian–Triassic boundary, eastern Yunnan, southwestern China

The first SHRIMP zircon U–Pb ages from coal beds close to the end-Permian mass extinction are reported from the C1 coal seam in the Yantang Mine in Laibin Town, Xuanwei County, eastern Yunnan Province. Zircons were extracted from kaolinite claystone layers, defined as tonsteins (volcanic ash deposit...

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Main Authors: Juan Wang, Long-Yi Shao, Hao Wang, Baruch Spiro, David Large
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Palaeogeography
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095383616300025