Formation ages and source regions of the Palaeoproterozoic Gaofan, Hutuo and Dongjiao groups in the Wutai and Dongjiao areas of the North China Craton from SHRIMP U-Pb dating of detrital zircons: Resolution of debates over their stratigraphic relationships

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1278-1284

  Wan, YuSheng ^a,b   Miao, PeiSheng ^c   Liu, DunYi ^a,b   Yang, ChongHui ^a   Wang, Wei ^a,b   Wang, HuiChu ^c   Wang, ZheJiu ^d   Dong, ChunYan ^a,b   Du, LiLin ^a   Zhou, HongYing ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Beijing SHRIMP Center   (China)

^c TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Archaean; Detrital zircon; Dongjiao Group; Gaofan Group; Hutuo Group; North China Craton; Palaeoproterozoic; SHRIMP dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952129756     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0615-3     Document Type: Article

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