Eocene to present evolution of the Pearl River, China: A quantitative provenance interpretation on large detrital zircon U–Pb geochronological data

• Published in: Basin research Vol. 35; no. 6; pp. 2249 - 2267
• Main Authors: Hu, Jie, Tian, Yuntao, Zhang, Zengjie, Long, Zulie, Huang, Yuping, Shen, Xiaoming, Hu, Shengbiao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2023
• Subjects: Boreholes; Coefficients; Correlation coefficient; Correlation coefficients; Data acquisition; Drainage; Drainage systems; Eocene; Evolution; Geochronology; Miocene; Offshore; Oligocene; River basins; River mouth; River mouths; Rivers; Sediment; Sediments; Water sampling; Zircon; South China Sea

Drainage evolution of the Pearl River, one of the major rivers in the eastern margin of the Asian continent, has important implications for the tectonomorphic evolution of the northern margin of the South China Sea and the southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Previous reconstructions using different method...