supported by the Research Program of the Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development of the Changqing Oilfield(Grant No.J2019168)。
Using high-precision zircon U-Pb ID-TIMS geochronology,tuffs from the Chang 9 shale and the Chang 7 shale were dated.The tuff in the Chang 9 shale is 241.47±0.17 Ma,which falls between the top tuff age of 241.06±0.1...
Genesis of the oldest continental crust retains a marked trace in the Earth’s evolution over its 4.5 Ga history. Despite ample isotope data on the role of the continental crust in the Earth’s evolution, there has be...