Cenozoic Yangtze River Evolution from Detrital Zircon and Monazite U-Pb Geochronology

1.1 MB of tabular data in XLSX format, uploaded by Xu Lin on figshare. The dataset supports the reconstruction of the Cenozoic evolution of the Yangtze River using integrated detrital zircon and monazite U-Pb geochronology. It was last updated on 2026-05-30 and is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing paleo-drainage patterns based on detrital zircon U-Pb age distributions.
• Analyzing sediment provenance and source-to-sink relationships for the Yangtze River.
• Modeling Cenozoic tectonic and geomorphic evolution of East Asia using integrated mineral geochronology.

Strengths

• Data is openly shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• File size of 1.1 MB suggests a focused, manageable dataset for analysis.
• The description indicates a specific scientific application for river evolution reconstruction.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale statistical modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare, uploaded by Xu Lin.

Collection Method

Likely contains laboratory-derived U-Pb isotopic age data from detrital zircon and monazite minerals.

Time Range

Cenozoic era.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-30 09:45:27; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Yangtze River basin, China.