U-Pb and Hf-isotope analysis of zircons in mafic from Fuxian kimberlites: Evolution of the lower crust beneath the North China craton

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-103

  Zheng, Jianping ^a,b   Griffin, L ^b,c   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^b   Lu, Fengxiang ^a   Yu, Chunmei ^a   Zhang, Ming ^b   Li, Huimin ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATON; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; KIMBERLITE; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 4644237123     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-004-0587-x     Document Type: Article

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