Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronological and Lu-Hf isotopic constraints on the Precambrian magmatic and crustal evolution of the western Yangtze Block, SW China

Precambrian Research

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 99-126

  Sun, Wei Hua ^a   Zhou, Mei Fu ^a   Gao, Jian Feng ^a   Yang, Yue Heng ^b   Zhao, Xin Fu ^a   Zhao, Jun Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal evolution; Detrital zircon; Lu Hf isotope; Neoproterozoic; U Pb age; Yangtze Block

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DETRITUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; LUTETIUM; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 67349143739     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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