The Precambrian Khondalite belt in the Daqingshan area, North China Craton: Evidence for multiple metamorphic events in the Palaeoproterozoic era

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 323, Issue , 2009, Pages 73-97

  Wan, Yusheng ^a,b   Liu, Dunyi ^a,b   Dong, Chunyan ^a,b   Xu, Zhongyuan ^c   Wang, Zhejiu ^d   Wilde, Simon A ^e   Yang, Yueheng ^f   Liu, Zhenghong ^c   Zhou, Hongying ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Beijing SHRIMP Centre   (China)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHEAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KHONDALITE; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; SUPERCONTINENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; DAQING SHAN; NEI MONGGOL; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 74949101601     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP323.4     Document Type: Article

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