Evolution of the Archean and Paleoproterozoic lower crust beneath the Trans-North China Orogen and the Western Block of the North China Craton

Gondwana Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-85

  Zhang, Hong Fu ^a,b   Yang, Yue Heng ^b   Santosh, M ^c   Zhao, Xin Miao ^b   Ying, Ji Feng ^b   Xiao, Yan ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hf isotopes; Lower crust; Magma underplating; North China Craton; Zircon U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860884656     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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