Neoarchean (2.5-2.8 Ga) crustal growth of the North China Craton revealed by zircon Hf isotope: A synthesis

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-173

  Wang, Andong ^a   Liu, Yican ^a  

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

Author keywords

Hf isotope; Neoarchean crustal growth; North China Craton; U Pb dating; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; OROGENY; PRECAMBRIAN; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84857627218     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2011.10.006     Document Type: Review

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204. G.C. Zhao, A. Kröner, S.A. Wilde, M. Sun, S.Z. Li, X.P. Li, J. Zhang, X.P. Xia, and Y.H. He Lithotectonic elements and geological events in the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping Belt: a synthesis and implications for the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen Geological Magazine 144 5 2007 753 775 (Pubitemid 47351439)
205. G. Zhao, S.A. Wilde, M. Sun, J.H. Guo, A. Kröner, S.Z. Li, X.P. Li, and J. Zhang SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Huai'an complex: constraints on late Archean to Paleoproterozoic magmatic and metamorphic events in the Trans-North China Orogen American Journal of Science 308 2008 270 303
206. G.C. Zhao Metamorphic evolution of major tectonic units in the basement of the North China Craton: key issues and discussion Acta Petrologica Sinica 25 8 2009 1772 1792 (in Chinese with English abstract)
207. T.P. Zhao, W. Chen, and M.F. Zhou Geochemical and Nd-Hf isotopic constraints on the origin of the ∼1.74 Ga anorthosite complex, North China Craton Lithos 113 3-4 2009 673 690
208. G.C. Zhao, S.A. Wilde, J.H. Guo, P.A. Cawood, M. Sun, and X.P. Li Single zircon grains record two Paleoproterozoic collisional events in the North China Craton Precambrian Research 177 2010 266 276
209. G.C. Zhao, C.Q. Yin, J.H. Guo, M. Sun, S.Z. Li, X.P. Li, C.M. Wu, and C.H. Liu Metamorphism of the Lüliang amphibolite: implications for the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton American Journal of Science 310 2010 1480 1502
210. G. Zhao, S. Li, M. Sun, and S.A. Wilde Assembly, accretion, and break-up of the Paleo-Mesoproterozoic Columbia supercontinent: record in the North China Craton revisited International Geology Review 53 11-12 2011 1331 1356
211. J.P. Zheng, W.L. Griffin, S.Y. O'Reilly, F.X. Lu, C.Y. Wang, M. Zhang, F.Z. Wang, and H.M. Li 3.6 Ga lower crust in central China: new evidence on the assembly of the North China Craton Geology 32 3 2004 229 232 (Pubitemid 38423525)
212. J.P. Zheng, F.X. Lu, T.M. Yu, and H.Y. Tan A study on Hf isotope, U-Pb dating and trace elements of granulite enclaves in the Hannuoba basalts: record of early evolution of the lower crust of the North China Craton Chinese Science Bulletin 49 2004 375 383
213. Y.F. Zheng, Y.B. Wu, Z.F. Zhao, S.B. Zhang, P. Xu, and F.Y. Wu Metamorphic effect on zircon Lu-Hf and U-Pb isotope systems in ultrahigh-pressure eclogite-facies metagranite and metabasite Earth and Planetary Science Letters 240 2005 378 400 (Pubitemid 41685249)
214. Y.F. Zheng, Z.F. Zhao, Y.B. Wu, S.B. Zhang, X.M. Liu, and F.Y. Wu Zircon U-Pb age, Hf and O isotope constraints on protolith origin of ultrahigh-pressure eclogite and gneiss in the Dabie Orogen Chemical Geology 231 2006 135 158
215. Y.F. Zheng, R.X. Chen, S.B. Zhang, J. Tang, Z.F. Zhao, and Y.B. Wu Zircon Lu-Hf isotope study of ultrahigh-pressure eclogite and granitic gneiss in the Dabie Orogen Acta Petrologica Sinica 23 2 2007 317 330 (in Chinese with English abstract) (Pubitemid 46916648)
216. J.P. Zheng, W.L. Griffin, S.Y. O'Reilly, J.H. Zhao, Y.B. Wu, G.L. Liu, N. Pearson, M. Zhang, C.Q. Ma, Z.H. Zhang, C.M. Yu, Y.P. Su, and H.Y. Tang Neoarchean (2.7-2.8 Ga) accretion beneath the North China Craton: U-Pb age, trace elements and Hf isotopes of zircons in diamondiferous kimberlites Lithos 112 2009 188 202
217. X.W. Zhou, G.C. Zhao, C.J. Wei, Y.S. Geng, and M. Sun EPMA U-Th-Pb monazite and SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of high-pressure pelitic granulites in the Jiaobei massif of the North China Craton America Journal of Science 308 2008 328 350
218. Y.Y. Zhou, T.P. Zhao, L.W. Xue, S.Y. Wang, and J.F. Gao Petrological, geochemical and chronological constraints for the origin and geological significance of Neoarchean TTG gneiss in the Songshan area, North China Craton Acta Petrologica Sinica 25 2 2009 331 347 (in Chinese with English abstract)
219. Y.Y. Zhou, T.P. Zhao, L.W. Xue, and S.Y. Wang Geochemistry and origin of Neoarchean amphibolites in Songshan, Henan Province Acta Petrologica Sinica 25 11 2009 3043 3056 (in Chinese with English abstract)
220. Y.Y. Zhou, T.P. Zhao, S.Y. Wang, and G.H. Hu Geochronology and geochemistry of 2.5 to 2.4 Ga granitic plutons from the southern margin of the North China Craton: implications for a tectonic transition from arc to post-collisional setting Gondwana Research 20 2011 171 183