Neoproterozoic zircon inheritance in eastern North China craton (China) Mesozoic igneous rocks: Derivation from the Yangtze craton and tectonic implications

International Geology Review

Volumn 53, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1464-1477

  Miao, Laicheng ^a   Zhang, Fuqin ^a   Fan, Weiming ^a   Liu, Dunyi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

felsic igneous rocks; inherited zircons; Mesozoic magmatism; North China craton; underplating of the NCC

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FELSIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UNDERPLATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 80053076852     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206811003679927     Document Type: Article

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