Anatomy of zircons from an ultrahot orogen: The amalgamation of the North China craton within the supercontinent Columbia

Journal of Geology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 429-443

  Santosh, M ^a,b   Wan, Yusheng ^c   Liu, Dunyi ^c   Chunyan, Dong ^c   Li, Jianghai ^d  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COLLISION; CRATON; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRANULITE; HAFNIUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SHRIMP DATING; SUPERCONTINENT; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

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

EID: 70249108177     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598949     Document Type: Article

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