Timing of metamorphism in the Paleoproterozoic Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt: New SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating of granulites, gneisses and marbles of the Jiaobei massif in the North China Craton

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 150-162

  Tam, Pui Yuk ^a   Zhao, Guochun ^a   Liu, Fulai ^b   Zhou, Xiwen ^b   Sun, Min ^a   Li, Sanzhong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Jiao Liao Ji Belt; North China Craton; Paleoproterozoic metamorphism; SHRIMP U Th Pb zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANULITE; MARBLE; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 78650705003     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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