Crustal evolution of the North Qinling terrain of the Qinling Orogen, China: Evidence from detrital zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopic composition

Gondwana Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 194-204

  Zhu, Xi Yan ^a,b   Chen, Fukun ^b   Li, Shuang Qing ^b   Yang, Yi Zeng ^b   Nie, Hu ^b   Siebel, Wolfgang ^c   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

Hf isotopes; North China block; North Qinling; Precambrian; Zircon age

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OROGENY; TERRAIN; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; QINLING BELT;

EID: 79957514800     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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