Age and evolution of a late Archean to Paleoproterozoic upper to lower crustal section in the Wutaishan/Hengshan/Fuping terrain of northern China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 577-595

  Kroner A ^a   Wilde, S A ^b   Li, J H ^c   Wang, K Y ^d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Archean; Crustal section; North China Craton; Paleoproterozoic; Taihangshan Wutaishan

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GABBRO; GREENSTONE BELT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ORTHOGNEISS; PROTEROZOIC;

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

EID: 14944383488     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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