Reactivation of the Archean lower crust: Implications for zircon geochronology, elemental and Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic geochemistry of late Mesozoic granitoids from northwestern Jiaodong Terrane, the North China Craton

Lithos

Volumn 146-147, Issue , 2012, Pages 112-127

  Yang, Kui Feng ^a   Fan, Hong Rui ^a   Santosh, M ^b,c   Hu, Fang Fang ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^d   Lan, Ting Guang ^a   Lu, Li Na ^a   Liu, Yong Sheng ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Late Mesozoic granitoids; North China Craton; Northwestern Jiaodong Terrane; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

ADAKITE; ARCHEAN; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; GRANITOID; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LOWER CRUST; MAGMA; MESOZOIC; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PARTIAL MELTING; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TERRANE; ZIRCON;

CHINA; JIAODONG; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SHANDONG;

EID: 84861628288     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.04.035     Document Type: Article

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