Phanerozoic reactivation of the Archean North China Craton through episodic magmatism: Evidence from zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes from the Liaodong Peninsula

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 446-459

  Zhang, Hong Fu ^a   Ying, Ji Feng ^a   Tang, Yan Jie ^a   Li, Xian Hua ^a   Feng, Chuang ^b   Santosh, M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b The Six Brigade of the Bureau of Liaoning Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archean lower crust; Craton reactivation; Hf isotopes; Phanerozoic magmatism; U Pb dating; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CRATON; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; HAFNIUM; MAGMATISM; PHANEROZOIC; REACTIVATION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; LIAODONG PENINSULA; LIAONING; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 78751701821     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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