Zircon geochronology and metamorphic evolution of mafic dykes in the Hengshan complex of northern China: Evidence for late Palaeoproterozoic extension and subsequent high-pressure metamorphism in the North China craton

Precambrian Research

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 45-67

  Kroner A ^a   Wilde, S A ^b   Zhao, G C ^c   O'Brien, P J ^d   Sun, M ^c   Liu, D Y ^e   Wan, Y S ^e   Liu, S W ^f   Guo, J H ^g  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Hengshan; Mafic dyke; Metamorphism; North China Craton; Palaeoproterozoic; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

DIKE SWARM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 33645163459     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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