The age, isotopic signature and significance of the youngest Mesozoic granitoids in the Jiaodong Terrane, Shandong Province, North China Craton

Lithos

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 309-326

  Goss, Sarah C ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^a   Wu, Fuyuan ^b   Yang, Jinhui ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Delamination; Latest Yanshanian (Early Cretaceous) granitoids; Lithospheric thinning; North China Craton; Pacific plate subduction; SHRIMP zircon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE ROCK; AGE DETERMINATION; ALKALI FELDSPAR; BATHOLITH; CRETACEOUS; DELAMINATION; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; PACIFIC PLATE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SHRIMP DATING; SUBDUCTION; UNDERPLATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SHANDONG;

EID: 78649444481     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.08.019     Document Type: Article

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