Contrasting zircon Hf and O isotopes in the two episodes of Neoproterozoic granitoids in South China: Implications for growth and reworking of continental crust

Lithos

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 127-150

  Zheng, Yong Fei ^a,b   Zhang, Shao Bing ^a   Zhao, Zi Fu ^a   Wu, Yuan Bao ^a,c   Li, Xianhua ^d   Li, Zhengxiang ^e   Wu, Fu Yuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental growth; Hf isotope; Mantle upwelling; Neoproterozoic magmatism; O isotope; South China; Supercontinent breakup; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; GRANITOID; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; MANTLE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; UPWELLING; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; ZIRCON;

EID: 33846424736     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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