The growth, reworking and metamorphism of early Precambrian crust in the Jiaobei terrane, the North China Craton: Constraints from U-Th-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopic systematics, and REE concentrations of zircon from Archean granitoid gneisses

Precambrian Research

Volumn 224, Issue , 2013, Pages 287-303

  Liu, Jianhui ^a   Liu, Fulai ^a   Ding, Zhengjiang ^b,c   Liu, Chaohui ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   Liu, Pinghua ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Meng, En ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Exploration Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Jiaobei terrane; LA ICP MS zircon U Pb dating; Lu Hf isotopes; North China Craton

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GNEISS; GRANITOID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAMORPHISM; PRECAMBRIAN; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; REWORKING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; JIAOBEI TERRANE; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SHANDONG;

EID: 84868260229     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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