Neoproterozoic (~900Ma) Sariwon sills in North Korea: Geochronology, geochemistry and implications for the evolution of the south-eastern margin of the North China Craton

Gondwana Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 243-254

  Peng, Peng ^a   Zhai, Ming Guo ^a   Li, Qiuli ^a   Wu, Fuyuan ^a   Hou, Quanlin ^b   Li, Zhong ^a   Li, Tiesheng ^a   Zhang, Yanbin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Korean peninsula; Neoproterozoic; North China Craton; Rodinia supercontinent; Sill and dyke

Indexed keywords

DIKE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SILL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; NORTH KOREA;

EID: 79957475683     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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