Timing and processes of late Mesozoic mid-lower-crustal extension in continental NE Asia and implications for the tectonic setting of the destruction of the North China Craton: Mainly constrained by zircon U-Pb ages from metamorphic core complexes

Lithos

Volumn 154, Issue , 2012, Pages 315-345

  Wang, Tao ^a,b   Guo, Lei ^a   Zheng, Yadong ^c   Donskaya, Tatiana ^d   Gladkochub, Dmitry ^d   Zeng, Lingsen ^a   Li, Jianbo ^a   Wang, Yanbing ^a   Mazukabzov, Anatoliy ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c Peking University   (China)

^d ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Early ductile extension; Metamorphic core complexes; NE Asia; Syn and post kinematic intrusions; Zircon U Pb ages

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BIOTITE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; HORNBLENDE; LOWER CRUST; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHIC FACIES; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; NORTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84868656199     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.07.020     Document Type: Article

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