Nd isotopic constraints on crustal formation in the North China Craton

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 523-545

  Wu, Fuyuan ^a,d   Zhao, Guochun ^b   Wilde, Simon A ^c   Sun, Deyou ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal growth; Model age; North China Craton; Sm Nd; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRATON; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UNDERPLATING;

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

EID: 14944373850     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2003.10.011     Document Type: Article

References (116)

1. Abouchami W. Boher M. A major 2.1Ga event of mafic magmatism in West Africa: A stage of crustal accretion Journal of Geophysical Research 95 1990 17605-17629
2. Arndt N.T. Goldstein S.L. Use and abuse of crust-formation ages Geology 15 1987 893-895
3. Bai J. Huang X.G. Wang H.C. Guo J.J. Yan Y.Y. Xiu Q.Y. Dai F.Y. Xu W.Z. Wang G.F. The Precambrian Crustal Evolution of China 1996 Geological Publishing House Beijing 259pp (in Chinese with English abstract)
4. Boher M. Abouchami W. Michard A. Albarede F. Arndt N.T. Crustal growth in West Africa at 2.1Ga Journal of Geophysical Research 97 1992 345-369
5. Bowring S.A. Housch T. The Earth's early evolution Science 269 1995 1535-1540
6. Chen J.F. Jahn B.M. Crustal evolution of southeastern China: Nd and Sr isotopic evidence Tectonophysics 284 1998 101-133
7. Chen S.H. O'Reilly S.Y. Zhou X.H. Griffin W.L. Zhang G.H. Sun M. Feng J.L. Zhang M. Thermal and petrological structure of the lithosphere beneath Hannuoba, Sino-Korean Craton, China: evidence from xenoliths Lithos 56 2001 301-367
8. Condie K.C. Growth and accretion of continental crust: Inferences based on Laurentia Chemical Geology 83 1990 181-194
9. Condie K.C. Episodic continental growth models: Afterthoughts and extensions Tectonophysics 322 2000 153-162
10. Condie K.C. Boryta M.D. Liu J.Z. Qian X.L. The origin of khondalites: geochemical evidence from the Archean to early Proterozoic granulite belt in North China Craton Precambrian Research 59 1992 207-223
11. Cordani U.C. Teixeira W. Tassinari C.C.G. Kawashita K. Sato K. The growth of the Brazilian Shield Episodes 11 1988 163-167
12. Daly J.S. Mitrofanov F.P. Morozova L.N. Late Archean Sm-Nd model ages from the Voche-Lambina area: Implications for the age distribution of Archean crust in the Kola Peninsula,Russia Precambrian Research 64 1993 189-195
13. Daly J.S. Balagansky V.V. Timmerman M.J. Whitehouse M.J. de Jong K. Guise P. Bogdanova S. Gorbatschev R. Bridgwater D. Ion microprobe U-Pb zircon geochronology and isotopic evidence for a trans-crustal suture in the Lapland-Kola Orogen, northern Fennoscandian Shield Precambrian Research 105 2001 289-314
14. DePaolo D.J. Linn A.M. Schubert G. The continental crust age distribution: Methods of determining mantle separation ages from Sm-Nd isotopic data and implication to the southwestern United States Journal of Geophysical Research 96 B2 1991 2071-2088
15. Dia A. Allegre C.J. Erlank A.J. The development of continental crust through geological time: The South African case Earth and Planetary Science Letters 98 1990 74-89
16. Fan Q.C. Liu R.X. Li N. Sui J.G. Lin Z. Zircon chronology and REE geochemistry of granulite xenoliths at Hannuoba Chinese Science Bulletin 43 1998 1510-1515
17. Friend C.R.L. Nutman A.P. U-Pb zircon study of tectonically bounded blocks of 2940-2840 Ma crust with different metamorphic histories, Paamiut region, south-west Greenland: Implications for the tectonic assembly of the North Atlantic craton Precambrian Research 105 2001 143-164
18. Gao S. Rudnick R.L. Carlson R.W. McDonough W.F. Liu Y.-S. Re-Os evidence for replacement of ancient mantle lithosphere beneath the North China Craton Earth and Planetary Science Letters 198 2002 307-322
19. Geng Y.S. Shen Q.H. Zhang Z.Q. Sm-Nd isotope age and its geological significance of epimetamorphic rock series in the Qinglong area, eastern Hebei province Regional Geology of China 18 1999 271-276 Chinese (in Chinese with English abstract)
20. Guan H. Sun M. Wilde S.A. Zhou X.H. Zhai M.G. SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Fuping Complex: Implications for formation and assembly of the North China Craton Precambrian Research 113 2002 1-18
21. Guo J.H. Zhai M.G. Sm-Nd geochronology of high-pressure granulite metamorphism in Sanggan of North China Craton Chinese Science Bulletin 45 2000 2055-2061 (in Chinese)
22. Guo J.H. Zhai M.G. Zhang Y.G. Li Y.G. Yan Y.H. Zhang W.H. Early Precambrian Manjinggou high-pressure granulite melange belt on the south edge of the Huaian Complex, North China Craton: geological features, petrology and isotopic geochronology Acta Petrologica Sinica 9 1993 329-341 (in Chinese with English abstract)
23. Guo J.H. O'Brien P.J. Zhai M.G. High-pressure granulites in the Sanggan area, North China Craton: Metamorphic evolution, P-T paths and geotectonic significance Journal of Metamorphic Geology 20 2002 741-756
24. He G.P. Ye H.W. Xia S.L. Sm-Nd isotopic age of the metamorphic basic dykes in Miyun, Beijing and its geological significance Acta Petrologica Sinica 9 1993 312-317 (in Chinese with English abstract)
25. Huang J.Q. The basic outline of China tectonics Acta Geologica Sinica 52 1977 117-135 (in Chinese)
26. Huang X. Wu L.R. Nd-Sr isotopes of granitoids from Shaanxi province and their significance for tectonic evolution Acta Petrologica Sinica 2 1990 1-11 (in Chinese with English abstract)
27. Huang X. Bi Z.W. DePaolo D.J. Sm-Nd isotope study of early Archean rocks, Qianan, Hebei Province, China Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 50 1986 625-631
28. Huhma H. Provenance of early Proterozoic and Archean metasediments in Finland: A Sm-Nd isotopic study Precambrian Research 35 1987 127-143
29. Jahn B.M. Zhang Z.Q. Archean granulite gneisses from eastern Hebei Province, China: Rare earth geochemistry and tectonic implications Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 85 1984 224-243
30. Jahn B.M. Ernst W.G. Late Archean Sm-Nd isochron age for mafic-ultramafic supracrustal amphibolites from the northeastern Sino-Korean Craton, China Precambrian Research 46 1990 295-306
31. Jahn B.M. Vidal P. Kröner A. Multi-chronometric ages and origin of Archean tonalitic gneisses in Finnish Lapland: A case foe long crustal residence time Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 86 1984 398-408
32. Jahn B.M. Auvary B. Cornichet J. Bai Y.L. Shen Q.H. Liu D.Y. 3.5Ga old amphibolites from eastern Hebei Province, China: Field occurrence, petrography, Sm-Nd isochron age and REE geochemistry Precambrian Research 34 1987 311-346
33. Jahn B.M. Auvary B. Shen Q.H. Liu D.Y. Zhang Z.Q. Dong Y.J. Ye X.J. Zhang Q.Z. Cornichet J. Mace J. Archean crust evolution in China: The Taishan complex and evidence for juvenile crustal addition from long-term depleted mantle Precambrian Research 38 1988 381-403
34. Jahn B.M. Zhou X.H. Li J.L. Formation and tectonic evolution of southeastern China and Taiwan: Isotopic and geochemical constraints Tectonophysics 183 1990 145-160
35. Jahn B.M. Gruau G. Capdevila R. Cornichet J. Nemchin A. Pidgeon R. Rudnik V.A. Archean crustal evolution of the Aldan Shield, Siberia: Geochemical and isotopic constraints Precambrian Research 91 1998 333-363
36. Jahn B.M. Wu F.Y. Chen B. Massive granitoid generation in Central Asia: Nd isotope evidence and implication for continental growth in the Phanerozoic Episodes 23 2000 82-92
37. Jin W.S. Lin Y.X. Duan W.K. Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isochron age of the Qingyuan Group in Qingyuan area, Liaoning province Bulletin of Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 28 1993 87-93 (in Chinese with English abstract)
38. Keto L.S. Jacobsen S.B. Nd and Sr isotopic variations of early Paleozoic oceans Earth and Planetary Science Letters 84 1987 27-41
39. Kröner A. Compston W. Zhang G.W. Guo A.L. Todt W. Age and tectonic setting of Late Archean greenstone-gneiss terrain in Henan province, China, as revealed by single-grain zircon dating Geology 16 1988 211-215
40. Kröner A. Cui W.Y. Wang C.Q. Nemchin A.A. Single zircon ages from high-grade rocks of the Jianping Complex, Liaoning province, NE China Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 16 1998 519-532
41. Kusky T.M. Li J.H. Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the North China Craton Journal of Asian Earth Science 2003 22 23-40
42. Lee C.T. Yin Q.Z. Rudnick R.L. Chesley J.T. Jacobsen S.B. Osmium isotopic evidence for Mesozoic removal of lithospheric mantle beneath the Sierra Nevada, California Science 289 2000 1912-1916
43. Li S.G. Hart S.R. Guo A.L. Zhang G.W. Whole-rock Sm-Nd isotopic age of Dengfeng Group in central Henan province and its tectonic significance Chinese Science Bulletin 22 1987 1728-1731 (in Chinese)
44. Li J.L. Wang K.Y. Wang C.Q. Liu X.H. Zhao Z.Y. Early Proterozoic collision orogenic belt in Wutaishan area China Science Geologica Sinica 1 1990 1-11
45. Li S.G. Hart S.R. Wu T.S. Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isotopic dating of an early Precambrian spilite-keratophyre sequence in the Wutaishan area, North China: Preliminary evidence for Nd-isotopic homogenization in the mafic and felsic lavas during low-grade metamorphism Precambrian Research 47 1990 191-203
46. Li J.J. Shen B.F. Mao D.B. Lin Y.X. The Sm-Nd isochron age of metamorphic mafic volcanic rocks in Qingyuan, Liaoning and its geological significance Acta Geoscientica Sinica 17 1999 313-316 (in Chinese with English abstract)
47. Liu D.Y. Shen Q.H. Zhang Z.Q. Jahn B.M. Auvray B. Archean crustal evolution in China: U-Pb geochronology of the Qianxi complex Precambrian Research 48 1990 223-244
48. Liu D.Y. Nutman A.P. Compston W. Wu J.S. Shen Q.H. Remnants of ≥3800 Ma crust in the Chinese part of the Sino-Korean Craton Geology 20 1992 339-342
49. Liu S.W. Liang H.H. Zhao G.C. Hua Y.G. Jian A.H. Isotopic geochronology and geological events of early Precambrian complexes in Taihangshan Science in China (Series D) 30 2000 18-24
50. Liu Y.S. Gao S. Jin S.Y. Hu S.H. Sun M. Zhao Z.B. Feng J.L. Geochemistry of lower crustal xenoliths from Neogene Hannuoba Basalt, North China Craton: Implications for petrogenesis and lower crustal composition Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 65 2001 2589-2604
51. Liu Z.H. Jiang J.S. Yang Z.S. Sm-Nd ages of the meta-supracrustal rocks in Banshigou area of Southern Jilin and their implications Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 18 1999 46-49 (in Chinese with English abstract)
52. Lu L.Z. Xu X.C. Liu F.L. Early Precambrian Khondalites in Northern China 1996a Changchun Press Changchun 276pp
53. Lu S.N. Yang C.L. Jiang M.M. Li H.K. Li H.M. Tracing Precambrian crustal evolution 1996b Geological Publishing House Beijing pp. 1-156
54. Lu S.N. Li H.K. Li H.M. Yang C.L. Hu Z.D. Jiang M.M. Crystalline basement features and mineralization of gold mines 1997 Geological Publishing House Beijing pp. 1-110
55. Mao D.B. Zhong C.D. Chen Z.H. Lin Y.X. Li H.M. Hu X.D. The isotope ages and their geological implications of high-pressure basic granulites in north region to Chengde, Hebei province Acta Petrologica Sinica 15 1999 524-531 (in Chinese with English abstract)
56. McCulloch M.T. Sm-Nd isotopic constraints on the evolution of Precambrian crust in the Australian continent In: Kroner A. (Ed.) Proterozoic Lithospheric Evolution American Geophysical Union, Geodynamic Series 17 1987 115-130
57. McCulloch M.T. Wasserburg G.J. Sm-Nd and Rb-Sr chronology of continental crust formation Science 200 1978 1003-1011
58. Nie F.J. Zhang H.X. Rare earth element geochemistry, Nd and Sr isotopic studies on metamorphic rocks of the Wulashan Group, Inner Mongolia Acta Geoscientica Sinica 19 Supplement 1998 75-85 (in Chinese with English abstract)
59. Nutman A.P. Friend C.R.L. Bennett V.C. Review of the oldest (4400-3600 Ma) geological and mineralogical record: Glimpses of the beginning Episodes 24 2001 93-101
60. Ohlander B. Skiold T. Hamilton P.J. Claseson S. The western border of the Archean province of the Baltic Shield: Evidence from northern Sweden Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 95 1987 437-450
61. O'Reilly S.Y. Griffin W.L. Poudjom Djomani Y.H. Morgan P. Are Lithospheres Forever? Tracking changes in subcontinental lithospheric mantle through time GSA Today 11 4 2001 4-10
62. Qian X.L. Li J.H. Discovery of Neoarchean unconformity and its implication for continental cratonization of North China Craton Science in China 29 1999 1-8
63. Qiao G.S. Wang K.Y. Guo Q.F. Zhang G.C. Sm-Nd dating of Caozhuang early Archean supracrustal, eastern Hebei Scientia Geologica Sinica 1 1987 86-92 (in Chinese with English abstract)
64. Qiao G.S. Zhai M.G. Yan Y.H. Geochronological study of Archean rocks in Anshan, Liaoning province Scientia Geologica Sinica 2 1990 158-165 (in Chinese with english abstract)
65. Ramo O.T. Haapala I. Vaasjoki M. Yu J.H. Fu H.Q. 1700 Ma Shachang complex, northeast China: Proterozoic rapakivi granite not associated with Paleoproterozoic orogenic crust Geology 23 1995 815-818
66. Reymer A.P.S. Schubert G. Phanerozoic and Precambrian crustal growth In: Kröner A. (Ed.) Proterozoic Lithospheric Evolution American Geophysical Union, Geodynamic Series 17 1987 1-9
67. Rudnick R.L. Making continental crust Nature 378 1995 571-578
68. Samson S.D. McClelland W.C. Patchett P.J. Gehreless G.E. Anderson R.G. Evidence from neodymium isotopes from mantle contributions to Phanerozoic crustal genesis in the Canadian Cordillera Nature 337 1989 705-709
69. Samson S.D. Hibbard J.P. Wortman G.L. Nd isotopic evidence for juvenile crust in the Carolina terrane, southern Appalachians Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 121 1995 171-184
70. Sengor A.M.C. Continental interiors and cratons: Any relation? Tectonophysics 305 1999 1-42
71. Shen Q.H. Zhang Z.Q. Xu H.F. The Sm-Nd isochron age of metabasites in the Yishui Complex, Shandong province, and its geological significance Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 12 1992 289-296 (in Chinese with English abstract)
72. Shen Q.H. Zhang Z.Q. Geng Y.S. Tang S.H. Petrology, geochemistry and isotopic age of the garnet-bearing basic metamorphic rocks from Dadonggou, northwestern Hebei province In: Qian X.L. Wang R.M. (Eds.) The Geological Evolution of Granulite Belt in Northern Part of North China Craton 1994 120-129 Seismic Press Beijing (in Chinese with English abstract)
73. Shen B.-F. Li J.J. Mao D.B. Li S.B. Liu Z.S. Zhang W.J. An C.T. Geology and metallogenic prognosis of Jiapigou gold deposits in Jilin province 1996 Geological Publishing House Beijing pp. 32-40 (in Chinese with English abstract)
74. Song B. Nutman A.P. Liu D.Y. Wu J.S. 3800-2500 Ma crustal evolution in the Anshan area of Liaoning Province, northeastern China Precambrian Research 78 1996 79-94
75. Sun D.Z. Hu W.X. Precambrian geochronology and crustal structure of Zhongtiaoshan Geological Publishing House, Beijing 1993 67-107
76. Sun M. Armstrong R.L. Lambert R.S. Petrochemistry and Sr, Pb and Nd isotopic geochemistry of Early Precambrian rocks, Wutaishan and Taihangshan areas, China Precambrian Research 56 1992 1-31
77. Sun M. Armstrong R.L. Lambert R.S. Jiang C.C. Wu J.H. Petrochemistry and Sr, Pb and Nd isotopic geochemistry of Paleoproterozoic Kuandian complex, the eastern Liaoning Province, China Precambrian Research 62 1993 171-190
78. Taylor S.R. McLennan S.M. The Continental Crust: Its Composition and Evolution 1985 Blackwell Scientific Publications Oxford 312pp
79. Taylor S.R. McLennan S.M. The geochemical evolution of the continental crust Review of Geophysics 33 1995 241-265
80. Theriault R.J. St-Onge M.R. Scott D.J. Nd isotopic and geochemical signature of the Paleoproterozoic Trans-Hudson Orogen, southern Baffin Island, Canada: Implications for the evolution of eastern Laurentia Precambrian Research 108 2001 113-138
81. Tian Y.Q. Liang Y.F. Fan S.K. Zhu B.Q. Chen Y.W. Geochronology of the Hengshan Complex in special reference to Nd isotopic evolution Geochimica 3 1992 255-264 (in Chinese with English abstract)
82. Timmerman M.J. Daly J.S. Sm-Nd evidence for late Archean crust formation in the Lapland-Kola mobile belt, Kola Peninsula, Russia and Norway Precambrian Research 72 1995 97-107
83. Wan Y.S. Wu J.S. Liu D.Y. Zhang Z.Q. Song B. Geochemistry and Nd, Pb isotopic characteristics of 3.3 Ga Chentaigou granite in Anshan area Acta Geoscientica Sinica 18 1997 382-388 (in Chinese with English abstract)
84. Wan Y.S. Liu D.Y. Wu J.S. Zhang Z.Q. Song B. The origin of Mesoarchean granitic rocks from Anshan-Benxi area: Constraints of geochemistry and Nd isotope Acta Petrologica Sinica 14 1998 278-288 (in Chinese with English abstract)
85. Wan Y.S. Song B. Wu J.S. Liu D.Y. Zhang Z.Q. Geochemical and Nd and Sr isotopic compositions of 3.8 Ga trondhjemitic rocks from the Anshan area and their significance Acta Geologica Sinica 73 1999 25-38
86. Wan Y.S. Geng Y.S. Shen Q.H. Zhang R.X. Khondalites series-geochronology and geochemistry of the Jiehekou Group in Luliang area, Shanxi province Acta Petrologica Sinica 16 2000a 49-58 (in Chinese with English abstract)
87. Wan Y.S. Geng Y.S. Liu F.L. Shen Q.H. Liu D.Y. Song B. Age and composition of the khondalite series of the North China Craton and its adjacent area Progress in Precambrian Research 23 2000b 221-237 (in Chinese with English abstract)
88. Wang R.Z. Lin Y.X. Guo C.H. Sm-Nd isotopic system in phyllites of the Wutai Group: An interpretation of isotopic data from poly-metamorphosed and multi-deformed terrains Shanxi Geology 7 1992 344-350 (in Chinese with English abstract)
89. Wang K.Y. Li J.L. Hao J. Li J.H. Zhou S.P. The Wutaishan mountain belt within the Shanxi Province, Northern China: A record of late Archean collision tectonics Precambrian Research 78 1996 95-103
90. Wilde S.A. Cawood P. Wang K.Y. The relationship and timing of granitoid evolution with respect to felsic volcanism in the Wutai Complex North China Craton. Proceeding of the 30th IGC. Precambrian Geology and Metamorphic Petrology 17 1997 75-88
91. Wilde S.A. Valley J.W. Peck W.H. Graham C.M. Evidence from detrital zircons for the existence of continental crust and oceans on the Earth 4.4 Gyr ago Nature 409 2001 175-178
92. Wilde S.A. Zhao G.C. Sun M. Development of the North China Craton during the Late Archaean and its final amalgamation at 1.8 Ga; some speculations on its position within a global Palaeoproterozoic Supercontinent Gondwana Research 5 2002 8594
93. Wilde S.A. Zhou X.H. Nemchin A.A. Sun M. Mesozoic Crust-Mantle interaction beneath the North China Craton: A consequence of the dispersal of Gondwanaland and accretion of Asia Geology 31 2003 817-820
94. Wu C.H. Zhong C.T. The Paleoproterozoic SW-NE collision model for the central North China Craton Programs in Precambrian Research 21 1998 28-50 (in Chinese)
95. Wu F.Y. Ge W.C. Sun D.Y. Lin Q. Zhou Y. The Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr isotopic ages of the Archean granites in southern Jilin province Acta Petrologica Sinica 13 1997 499-506 (in Chinese with English abstract)
96. Wu J.S. Geng Y.S. Shen Q.H. Wan Y.S. Liu D.Y. Song B. Archean geology characteristics and tectonic evolution of Sino-Korean paleo-continent 1998 Geological Publishing House Beijing 212pp (in Chinese)
97. Wu F.Y. Walker R.J. Ren X.W. Sun D.Y. Zhou X.-H. Osmium isotopic constraints on the age of lithospheric mantle beneath northeastern China Chemical Geology 197 2003 107-129
98. Xu H. A study on the Sm-Nd isotope of lamprophyre from Rushan gold deposit in east Shandong Acta Geoscientia Sinica 18 Supplement 1997 154-156 (in Chinese)
99. Xu Y.G. Thermal-tectonic destruction of the Archean lithospheric keel beneath the Sino-Korean craton in China: Evidence, timing and mechanism Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (A) 26 2001 747-757
100. Xu J.F. Shen B.Y. Niu L.Z. Zhen W.S. On the granitoid related to gold mineralization in Jiaobei Block Shandong Geology 5 2 1989 1-121 (in Chinese with English abstract)
101. Yu J.H. Fu H.Q. Zhang F.L. Wan F.X. Haapala I. Ramo T.O. Vaasjoki M. Anorogenic rapakivi granites and related rocks in the northern of North China Craton 1996 China Science and Technology Press Beijing pp. 1-182 (in Chinese with English abstract)
102. Zhai M.G. Liu W.J. Paleoproterozoic tectonic history of the North China Craton: A review Precambrian Research 122 2003 183-199
103. Zhang Z.Q. Li S.M. Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr age and its geological significance of Archean Taihua Group in Xiongershan, western Henan province Contributions of Early Precambrian Geology in North China Craton 1998 Geological Publishing House Beijing pp. 123-132 (in Chinese)
104. Zhang Q.C. Dong Y.B. Yuan H.H. Xu C.L. Sm-Nd age of the uppermost strata of the Wutai Group, Luliang Mt area Journal of Chengdu College of Geology 15 1988 76-85 (in Chinese with English abstract)
105. Zhang Z.Q. Wu J.S. Ye X.J. Archean metamorphic rocks from the lower Fuping Group in the Mt, Taihang region, North China: REE geochemistry, Rb-Sr, and Sm-Nd ages and implications Geochimica 2 1991 118-127 (in Chinese with English abstract)
106. Zhang J.S. Dirks P.H.G.M. Passchier C.M. Extensional collapse and uplift in a polymetamorphic granulite terrain in the Archean and Paleoproterozoic of North China Precambrian Research 67 1994 37-57
107. Zhang Z.Q. Shen Q.H. Geng Y.S. Tang S.H. Wang J.H. Geochemistry and ages of Archean metamorphic rocks in northwestern Hebei Province, China, and formation time of the paleocrust in the region Acta Petrologica Sinica 12 1996 315-328 (in Chinese with English abstract)
108. Zhang G.H. Zhou X.H. Sun M. Chen S.H. Feng J.L. Nd and Pb isotopic characteristics of granulite and pyroxenite xenoliths in Hannuoba basalts, Hebei province, and their implications for geological processes Acta Petrologica Sinica 14 1998 190-197 (in Chinese with English abstract)
109. Zhao G.C. Wilde S.A. Cawood P.A. Thermal evolution of Archean basement rocks from the eastern part of the North China craton and its bearing on tectonic setting International Geology Review 40 1998 706-721
110. Zhao G.C. Wilde S.A. Cawood P.A. Lu L.Z. Thermal evolution of two textural types of mafic granulites in the North China Craton: evidence for both mantle plume and collisional tectonics Geological Magazine 136 1999 223-240
111. Zhao G.C. Wilde S.A. Cawood P.A. Lu L.Z. Tectonothermal history of the basement rocks in the western zone of the North China Craton and its tectonic implications Tectonophysics 310 1999 37-53
112. Zhao G.C. Cawood P.A. Wilde S.A. Sun M. Lu L.Z. Metamorphism of basement rocks in the Central Zone of the North China Craton: implications for Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution Precambrian Research 103 2000 55-88
113. Zhao G.C. Wilde S.A. Cawood P.A. Sun M. Lu L.Z. Archean blocks and their boundaries in the North China Craton: Lithological, geochemical, structural and P-T path constraints Precambrian Research 107 2001 45-73
114. Zhao G.C. Wilde S.A. Cawood P.A. Sun M. SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages of the Fuping Complex: Implications for late Archean to Paleoproterozoic accretion and assembly of the North China Craton American Journal of Science 302 2002 191-226
115. Zhao G.C. Cawood P.A. Wilde S.A. Sun M. Review of global 2.1-1.8 Ga orogens: Implications for a pre-Rodinia supercontinent Earth Science Review 59 2002 125-162
116. Zhou Y. Ding C.X. Wang T.F. Sm-Nd and Rb-Sr geochronology of rocks in Huadian area, Jilin province Crust-mantle interaction and isotopic geochemistry of rock and deposit formation 1993 Seismic Press Beijing pp. 103-104 (in Chinese)