Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopic composition of the Hongqiyingzi Complex, northern Hebei Province: New evidence for Paleoproterozoic and late Paleozoic evolution of the northern margin of the North China Craton

Gondwana Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-136

  Wang, Fang ^a,b   Chen, Fukun ^b   Siebel, Wolfgang ^c   Li, Shuang Qing ^b   Peng, Peng ^a   Zhai, Ming Guo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Nd Hf isotopes; North China Craton; Proterozoic; Zircon U Pb age

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREENSCHIST FACIES; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAMORPHISM; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK; ZIRCON;

CHINA; HEBEI; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SIBERIA;

EID: 79957484790     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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