Detrital zircon U-Pb ages from the Taklamakan Desert, the Yellow River, and the Chinese Loess Plateau. (NERC grant NE/I009248/1)

Dataset description

The dataset contains detrital zircon U-Pb ages from a large scale detrital provenance study of modern and recent sand and silt from the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) and its proposed sources in the Yellow River, its Tibetan headwaters, and the Taklamakan Desert, which lies upwind from the CLP. (NERC grant NE/I009248/1)

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Dataset details

Author(s) Not available
Principal Investigator(s) Not available
Language English
Curator British Geological Survey
Supply media/format Excel Spreadsheet; Version:Microsoft Excel 97-2003 Worksheet
Storage format Not available
Frequency of update not applicable
Start of capture {ts '2011-10-01 00:00:00'} After October 2011
End of capture {ts '2012-09-01 00:00:00'} September 2012
Contact details
Department Enquiries
Organisation British Geological Survey
Address Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
City Nottingham
County Nottinghamshire
Country United Kingdom
Postcode NG12 5GG
E-mail enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
Telephone +44 (0)115 936 3143
Fax +44 (0)115 936 3276
Keywords
Topic category code (ISO) geoscientificInformation (information pertaining to earth sciences)
Keywords DESERTS
GEOCHRONOLOGY
LOESS
URANIUM THORIUM LEAD DATING
ZIRCON
Keyword source BGS Keyphrases
Spatial details
Spatial Reference System Latitude and Longitudes on undefined datum and spheroid []
Dataset extent
Coverage (Lat/Long) North boundary : 50
East boundary  : 113
South boundary : 34
West boundary  : 75
Metadata
Metadata language English
Metadata last updated 20th January 2017
Metadata standard compliance NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
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