U-Pb zircon and Sm-Nd isotopic study of the Huangtuling granulite, Dabie-Sulu belt, China : Implication for the paleoproterozoic tectonic history of the Yangtze Craton

American Journal of Science

Volumn 308, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 469-483

  Sun, Min ^a   Chen, Nengsong ^b   Zhao, Guochun ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^c   Ye, Kai ^d   Guo, Jinghui ^d   Chen, Yi ^d   Yuan, Chao ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GRANULITE; GRANULITE FACIES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OROGENIC BELT; P-T CONDITIONS; PROTEROZOIC; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; SUPERCONTINENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; DABIE-SULU BELT; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 50249112656     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/04.2008.03     Document Type: Article

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