Mesozoic decratonization of the North China block

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 467-470

  Yang, Jin Hui ^a   Wu, Fu Yuan ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^b   Belousova, Elena ^c   Griffin, William L ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decratonization; Hf isotope; Magmatism; North China craton; Phanerozoic crustal growth; Zircon

Indexed keywords

(E ,3E) PROCESS; AMERICA; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; CONTINENTAL (CO); CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL GROWTH; GRANITOIDS; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LATE MESOZOIC; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MAGMA MIXING; MAGMATISM; MANTLE COMPONENTS; MESOZOIC IGNEOUS ROCKS; NORTH CHINA BLOCKS; NORTH CHINA CRATON (NCC); OROGENIC BELTS; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PARTIAL MELTING; PULL-APART BASINS; STABLE PARTS;

HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; MECHANISMS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALS; MIXING; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

TECTONICS;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRATON; GRANITOID; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; OROGENIC BELT; PACIFIC PLATE; PARTIAL MELTING; UPWELLING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; BOHAI SEA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAODONG PENINSULA; LIAONING; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 46149095744     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24518A.1     Document Type: Article

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