Granitoid evolution in the late Archean Wutai Complex, North China Craton

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 597-613

  Wilde, Simon A ^a   Cawood, Peter A ^a   Wang, Kaiyi ^b   Nemchin, Alexander L ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Archean magmatism; Granites; North China Craton; Wutaishan

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GRANITE; MAGMATISM; PARTIAL MELTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; WORLD;

EID: 14944341533     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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