Archean crustal evolution of the northern Tarim craton, NW China: Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic constraints

Precambrian Research

Volumn 180, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 272-284

  Long, Xiaoping ^a   Yuan, Chao ^a   Sun, Min ^b   Zhao, Guochun ^b   Xiao, Wenjiao ^c   Wang, Yujing ^a   Yang, Yueheng ^c   Hu, Aiqin ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Archean; Crustal evolution; Hf isotope; Tarim craton; Zircon dating

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASALT; BASEMENT ROCK; CRATON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; ORTHOGNEISS; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 77953650729     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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