Zircon U-Pb age, trace element and Hf isotope composition of Kongling terrane in the Yangtze Craton: Refining the timing of Palaeoproterozoic high-grade metamorphism

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 461-477

  Wu, Y B ^a,b   Gao, S ^a,b   Gong, H J ^b   Xiang, H ^a   Jiao, W F ^a   Yang, S H ^a   Liu, Y S ^a   Yuan, H L ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hf isotope; Kongling terrane; Palaeoproterozoic; Trace element; U Pb age; Yangtze Craton; Zircon

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ARCHEAN; GARNET; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PROTEROZOIC; PROTOLITH; TERRANE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

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

EID: 67649869951     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2009.00826.x     Document Type: Article

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