SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of Palaeoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks in the North China Craton: Evidence for a major Late Palaeoproterozoic tectonothermal event

Precambrian Research

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 249-271

  Wan, Yusheng ^a,b,c   Song, Biao ^a,b   Liu, Dunyi ^a,b   Wilde, Simon A ^c   Wu, Jiashan ^a   Shi, Yuruo ^a,b   Yin, Xiaoyan ^a,b   Zhou, Hongying ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Beijing SHRIMP Center   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental collision; Khondalite; Metasedimentary rocks; North China Craton; Palaeoproterozoic; SHRIMP U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; PROTOLITH; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

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

EID: 33748414022     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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