∼2.7 Ga crust growth in the North China craton

Precambrian Research

Volumn 179, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 37-49

  Jiang, Neng ^a   Guo, Jinghui ^a   Zhai, Mingguo ^a   Zhang, Shuangquan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archean TTGs; Crustal growth; Crustal reworking; North China craton; U Pb zircon ages

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CONTINENTAL CRUST; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANODIORITE; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PRECAMBRIAN; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TONALITE; TRONDHJEMITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 77950594232     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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