Crustal growth and intracrustal recycling in the middle segment of the Trans-North China Orogen, North China Craton: A case study of the Fuping Complex

Geological Magazine

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 729-742

  Han, Bao Fu ^a   Xu, Zhao ^a   Ren, Rong ^a   Li, Lin Lin ^a   Yang, Jin Hui ^b   Yang, Yue Heng ^b  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

crustal growth; Hf isotopes; intracrustal recycling; North China Craton; TTG gneiss; U Pb zircon age

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LEAD ALLOYS; RECYCLING; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

CRUSTAL GROWTH; HF ISOTOPE; NORTH CHINA CRATON; TTG GNEISS; UPB ZIRCON AGE (SHRIMP);

GALLIUM;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL RECYCLING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANODIORITE; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK; TONALITE; TRONDHJEMITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84861824461     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756811001014     Document Type: Article

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