U-Pb ages and Hf isotope data from detrital zircons in the Neoproterozoic sandstones of northern Jiangsu and southern Liaoning Provinces, China: Implications for the Late Precambrian evolution of the southeastern North China Craton

Precambrian Research

Volumn 216-219, Issue , 2012, Pages 162-176

  Yang, De Bin ^a,b   Xu, Wen Liang ^a,c   Xu, Yi Gang ^b   Wang, Qing Hai ^a   Pei, Fu Ping ^a   Wang, Feng ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Detrital zircons; Lu Hf isotopes; Neoproterozoic strata; North China Craton; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS ROCK; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; LUTETIUM; MAGMATISM; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; SANDSTONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; JIANGSU; LIAONING; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84864404202     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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