Zircon Lu-Hf isotopic constraints on Neoproterozoic subduction-related crustal growth along the western margin of the Yangtze Block, South China

Precambrian Research

Volumn 163, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 189-209

  Zhao, Jun Hong ^a   Zhou, Mei Fu ^a   Yan, Dan Ping ^b   Yang, Yue Heng ^c   Sun, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Active margins; Crustal growth; Neoproterozoic magmatism; South China; Zircon Hf isotope

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ACTIVE MARGIN; AGE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LUTETIUM; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; PETROGENESIS; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; SUBDUCTION; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 43049171651     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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