Note on the paper by Guochun Zhao, Simon A. Wilde, Sanzhong Li, Min Sun, Matthew L. Grant and Xuping Li, 2007, "U-Pb zircon age constraints on the Dongwanzi ultramafic-mafic body, North China, confirm it is not an Archean ophiolite"

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 227-230

  Kusky, T M ^a   Li, J H ^b  

^a Dept of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAFIC ROCK; OPHIOLITE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

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

EID: 49149087050     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.033     Document Type: Note

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