Zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopes and whole-rock geochemistry of granitoid gneisses in the Jianping gneissic terrane, Western Liaoning Province: Constraints on the Neoarchean crustal evolution of the North China Craton

Precambrian Research

Volumn 224, Issue , 2013, Pages 184-221

  Wang, Wei ^a   Liu, Shuwen ^a   Santosh, M ^b,c   Bai, Xiang ^a   Li, Qiugen ^a   Yang, Pengtao ^a   Guo, Rongrong ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Andean type active continental margin; Granitoid gneisses; Jianping gneissic terrane; Neoarchean crustal evolution; North China Craton; Western Liaoning Province

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEODYNAMICS; GNEISS; GRANITOID; GRANODIORITE; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD ISOTOPE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; TERRANE; TONALITE; TRONDHJEMITE; URANIUM ISOTOPE; VOLCANIC ROCK; ZIRCON;

CHINA; JIANPING; LIAONING; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84867583578     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.09.019     Document Type: Article

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