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

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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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

Publisher

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