Origin of the mysterious Yin-Shang bronzes in China indicated by lead isotopes

Fine Yin-Shang bronzes containing lead with puzzlingly highly radiogenic isotopic compositions appeared suddenly in the alluvial plain of the Yellow River around 1400 BC. The Tongkuangyu copper deposit in central China is known to have lead isotopic compositions even more radiogenic and scattered th...

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Main Authors: Sun, Wei-dong, Zhang, Li-peng, Guo, Jia, Li, Cong-ying, Jiang, Yu-hang, Zartman, Robert E., Zhang, Zhao-feng
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4796894/