The 1.35 Ga diabase sills from the northern North China Craton: Implications for breakup of the Columbia (Nuna) supercontinent

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 588-600

  Zhang, Shuan Hong ^a,b   Zhao, Yue ^a   Yang, Zhen Yu ^a,c   He, Zhe Feng ^a   Wu, Hai ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

baddeleyite; Columbia (Nuna) supercontinent; continental breakup; mafic sill; Mid Mesoproterozoic (Ectasian); North China Craton (NCC); U Pb geochronology; zircon

Indexed keywords

BADDELEYITE; COLUMBIA; CONTINENTAL BREAK-UP; MAFIC SILLS; NORTH CHINA CRATON; SUPERCONTINENTS; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY;

GALLIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

AGE DETERMINATION; BADDELEYITE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DIABASE; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; SILL; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

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

EID: 70449722745     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.10.023     Document Type: Article

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