Geochronological and petrological constraints on Palaeoproterozoic granulite facies metamorphism in southeastern margin of the North China Craton

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-138

  Liu, Y C ^a,b   Wang, A D ^a   Rolfo, F ^c,d   Groppo, C ^c   Gu, X F ^a   Song, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

HP granulite facies metamorphism; Lower crust; North China Craton; Palaeoproterozoic; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE FACIES; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; PROTOLITH; RETROGRESSION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

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

EID: 60149101937     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2008.00810.x     Document Type: Article

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