Precambrian crustal evolution of the eastern North China Craton as revealed by U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons from the Proterozoic Jing'eryu Formation

Precambrian Research

Volumn 200-203, Issue , 2012, Pages 184-208

  Sun, Jin Feng ^a,b   Yang, Jin Hui ^a   Wu, Fu Yuan ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crustal evolution; Detrital zircon; Eastern Block; North China Craton; U Pb age and Hf isotope

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRATON; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84862805468     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.01.018     Document Type: Article

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