Palaeoproterozoic Khondalite Belt in the western North China Craton: New evidence from SHRIMP dating and Hf isotope composition of zircons from metamorphic rocks in the Bayan Ul-Helan Mountains area

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 2984-2994

  Dong, Chunyan ^a,b   Liu, Dunyi ^a,b   Li, Junjian ^c   Wang, Yusheng ^a,b   Zhou, Hongying ^b,c   Li, Chengdong ^c   Yang, Yueheng ^d   Xie, Liewen ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Beijing SHRIMP Center   (China)

^c TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Helan Mountains; Khondalite Belt; North China Craton; Palaeoproterozoic; SHRIMP dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548955523     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0404-9     Document Type: Article

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