Implications based on the first SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating on Precambrian granitoid rocks in North Korea

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 365-379

  Zhao, Guochun ^a   Cao, Lin ^b   Wilde, Simon A ^c   Sun, Min ^a   Choe, Won Jong ^d   Li, Sanzhong ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Institute of Geology   (North Korea)

^e OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Granitoid rocks; North China; North Korea; Precambrian geology; SHRIMP zircon age

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HISTORY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

GRANITOID ROCKS; MAGMATIC EVENT; SUPRACRUSTALS;

PETROLOGY;

GRANITOID; PRECAMBRIAN; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; NORTH KOREA;

EID: 33751038125     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.09.021     Document Type: Article

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