LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating of tuffites in the Sachakou Pb-Zn mining area, Karakorum, Xinjiang and its establishment of Early Triassic strata

CRediT authorship contribution statement

Xiao-jian Zhao and Kai Weng contributed equally to this research. Xiao-jian Zhao and Kai Weng conceived of the presented idea, Nuo Li and Qing-lin Sui developed the theory. Ming Wang, Nuo Li, Deng-hui Chen, and Zhou-ping Guo participated in the field investigation, Meng-qi Jin verified the analytical methods. All authors discussed the results and contributed to the final manuscript.

Declaration of competing interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Acknowledgement

Supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research (2021QZKK0303), the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi (2020JQ-440 and 2021JQ-327), the Major Science and Technology Project of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (2021A03001-2), and the projects of the China Geological Survey (DD20230333 and DD20230048).

Supplementary data set

Supplementary data (Table 1) to this article can be found online at doi: 10.31035/cg2023048.