The oldest basement rock in the Yangtze Craton revealed by zircon U-Pb age and Hf isotope composition

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1393-1399

  Jiao, Wen Fang ^a   Wu, Yuan Bao ^a,b   Yang, Sai Hong ^a   Peng, Min ^a   Wang, Jing ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hf isotope composition; Kongling; Oldest basement rock; U Pbage; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCKS; CRUSTAL ROCKS; HF ISOTOPE; HF ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; KONGLING; METAMORPHIC EVENTS; NEOARCHEAN; OLDEST BASEMENT ROCK; PARTIAL MELTING; TECTONO-THERMAL EVENT; TWO STAGE; U-PBAGE; WEIGHTED MEAN; ZIRCON U-PB AGE;

BUILDINGS; GALLIUM; ISOTOPES; LEAD; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

HAFNIUM;

ARCHEAN; BASEMENT ROCK; GNEISS; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAMORPHISM; PARTIAL MELTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

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

EID: 70349678537     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0135-7     Document Type: Article

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