Timing of Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in the North China Craton: Evidence from SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology

Precambrian Research

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 178-196

  Santosh, M ^a   Wilde, S A ^b   Li, J H ^c  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Columbia supercontinent; North China Craton; Paleoproterozoic; SHRIMP U Pb zircon ages; Ultrahigh temperature metamorphism

Indexed keywords

DECOMPRESSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISOTHERM; KHONDALITE; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; COLUMBIA [MISSOURI]; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MISSOURI; MONGOLIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348867633     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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