SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages of granitoid rocks in the Lüliang Complex: Implications for the accretion and evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen

Precambrian Research

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 213-226

  Zhao, Guochun ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^b   Sun, Min ^a   Li, Sanzhong ^c   Li, Xuping ^d   Zhang, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Collision; Granitoids; L liang Complex; Magmatic arc; North China Craton; Paleoproterozoic; Trans North China Orogen

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; CRATON; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; GRANITOID; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LULIANG; YUNNAN;

EID: 37349068802     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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