Growth and reworking of the early Precambrian continental crust in the North China Craton: Constraints from zircon Hf isotopes

Gondwana Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 517-529

  Geng, Yuansheng ^a   Du, Lilin ^a   Ren, Liudong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Crust mantle differentiation; Crustal growth; Crustal reworking; North China Craton; Tectonics; Zircon Hf isotope geochemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856226872     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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