U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from the Hutuo group in the Trans-North China Orogen and tectonic implications

Gondwana Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-121

  Liu, Chaohui ^a   Zhao, Guochun ^a   Sun, Min ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   He, Yanhong ^b   Yin, Changqing ^a   Wu, Fuyuan ^c   Yang, Jinhui ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Detrital zircon; Foreland basin; Hutuo Group; Paleoproterozoic; Trans North China Orogen

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; HAFNIUM; OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 79957483460     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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