∼4.1 Ga xenocrystal zircon from Ordovician volcanic rocks in western part of North Qinling Orogenic Belt

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 3002-3010

  Wang, Hongliang ^a,b   Chen, Liang ^a   Sun, Yong ^a   Liu, Xiaoming ^a   Xu, Xueyi ^b   Chen, Juanlu ^b   Zhang, Hong ^a   Diwu, Chunrong ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI AN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Hadean; LA ICP MS; North Qinling Orogenic Belt; U Pb age; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ACASTA;

EID: 35548929367     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0316-8     Document Type: Article

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