Highly evolved Archean basement beneath the western Cathaysia Block, South China

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 242-255

  Zheng, J P ^a,b   Griffin, W L ^b   Li, L S ^c   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^b   Pearson, N J ^b   Tang, H Y ^a   Liu, G L ^d   Zhao, J H ^a   Yu, C M ^a   Su, Y P ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Guangxi Geological Survey Research Institute   (China)

^d Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineralogy   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; GEOCHRONOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CATHAYSIA BLOCK; CHINA;

EID: 78649634546     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.035     Document Type: Article

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