Age and growth of the Archean Kongling terrain, South China, with emphasis on 3.3 GA granitoid gneisses

American Journal of Science

Volumn 311, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-182

  Gao, Shan ^a,b   Yang, Jie ^a,b,c   Zhou, Lian ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Hu, Zhaochu ^a   Guo, Jingliang ^a,c   Yuan, Honglin ^b   Gong, Hujun ^b   Xiao, Gaoqiang ^a,c   Wei, Junqi ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archean; Crustal growth; South China; TTG; Yangtze craton

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHEAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANITOID; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; TRONDHJEMITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 79957442836     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/02.2011.03     Document Type: Article

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