New 40Ar-39Ar age constraints on the deformation along the Machaoying fault zone: Implications for Early Cambrian tectonism in the North China Craton

Gondwana Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 255-263

  Han, Yigui ^a   Zhang, Shihong ^a   Pirajno, Franco ^b,c   Wang, Yu ^a   Zhang, Yuanhou ^d,e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^e JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Argon geochronology; Early Cambrian; Gondwana; Machaoying fault; North China Craton

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CAMBRIAN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 67650911312     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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