∼2.7Ga juvenile crust formation in the North China Craton (Taishan-Xintai area, western Shandong Province): Further evidence of an understated event from U-Pb dating and Hf isotopic composition of zircon

Precambrian Research

Volumn 186, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 169-180

  Wan, Yusheng ^a,b   Liu, Dunyi ^a,b   Wang, Shijin ^c   Yang, Enxiu ^c   Wang, Wei ^a,b   Dong, Chunyan ^a,b   Zhou, Hongyin ^c   Du, Linli ^c   Yang, Yueheng ^d   Diwu, Chunrong ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Beijing SHRIMP Center   (China)

^c Shandong Institute of Geological Survey   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hf isotope; Neoarchean; North China Craton; SHRIMP U Pb dating; Supracrustal rocks; TTG rocks; Western Shandong province

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GNEISS; GRANITOID; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PROTOLITH; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SHANDONG;

EID: 79952626757     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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