Paleoproterozoic evolution of the eastern Alxa Block, westernmost North China: Evidence from in situ zircon U-Pb dating and Hf-O isotopes

Gondwana Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 838-864

  Dan, Wei ^a,b   Li, Xian Hua ^a,c   Guo, Jinghui ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Wang, Xuan Ce ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alxa Block; North China Craton; Paleoproterozoic; U Pb zircon age; Zircon Hf O isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857630710     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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111. Zhai M.G., Santosh M. The Early Precambrian odyssey of the North China Craton: a synoptic overview. Gondwana Research 2011, 20:6-25.
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113. Zhang Y.Q., Zhang Y.K., Zheng B.J., Xu G.Q., Han J.G., Mu J.J., Zhang L.Q. Geological character and significance of Adakite and TTG in Xiaonangou-Mingxinggou district in central of Inner Mongolia. Acta Petrologica Sinica 2006, 22:2762-2768. (in Chinese with English abstract).
114. Zhang J., Zhao G.C., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z., Liu S.W. High-pressure mafic granulites in the Trans-North China Orogen: tectonic significance and age. Gondwana Research 2006, 9:349-362.
115. Zhang J., Zhao G.C., Li S.Z., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Liu S.W., Yin C.Q. Polyphase deformation of the Fuping Complex, Trans-North China Orogen: structures, SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages and tectonic implications. Journal of Structural Geology 2009, 31:177-193.
116. Zhao G.C. Metamorphic evolution of major tectonic units in the basement of the North China Craton: key issues and discussion. Acta Petrologica Sinica 2009, 25:1772-1792. (in Chinese with English abstract).
117. Zhao G.C., Wilde S.A., Cawood P.A., Lu L.Z. Tectonothermal history of the basement rocks in the western zone of the North China Craton and its tectonic implications. Tectonophysics 1999, 310:37-53.
118. Zhao G.C., Wilde S.A., Cawood P.A., Sun M. Archean blocks and their boundaries in the North China Craton: lithological, geochemical, structural and P-T path constraints and tectonic evolution. Precambrian Research 2001, 107:45-73.
119. Zhao G.C., Cawood P.A., Wilde S.A., Sun M. Review of global 2.1-1.8Ga collisional orogens and accreted cratons: a pre-Rodinia supercontinent?. Earth-Science Reviews 2002, 59:125-162.
120. Zhao G.C., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z. A Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent: assembly, growth, and breakup. Earth-Science Reviews 2004, 67:91-123.
121. Zhao G.C., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z. Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North China Craton: key issues revisited. Precambrian Research 2005, 136:177-202.
122. Zhao G.C., Wilde S., Sun M., Li S.Z., Li X.P., Zhang J. SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages of granitoid rocks in the Lüliang Complex: implications for the accretion and evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen. Precambrian Research 2008, 160:213-226.
123. Zhao G.C., Wilde S.A., Guo J.H., Cawood P.A., Sun M., Li X.P. Single zircon grains record two Paleoproterozoic collisional events in the North China Craton. Precambrian Research 2010, 177:266-276.
124. Zheng J.P., Griffin W.L., O'Reilly S.Y., Lu F.X., Yu C.M., Zhang M., Li H.M. U-Pb and Hf-isotope analysis of zircons in mafic xenoliths from Fuxian kimberlites: evolution of the lower crust beneath the North China Craton. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2004, 148:79-103.
125. Zheng Y.F., Wu Y.B., Chen F.K., Gong B., Li L., Zhao Z.F. Zircon U-Pb and oxygen isotope evidence for a large-scale O-18 depletion event in igneous rocks during the Neoproterozoic. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2004, 68:4145-4165.
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