Petrogenesis and geochronology of precambrian granitoid gneisses in western liaoning province: Constraints on neoarchean to early paleoproterozoic crustal evolution of the North China craton

Precambrian Research

Volumn 222-223, Issue , 2012, Pages 290-311

  Wang, Wei ^a   Liu, Shuwen ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^b   Li, Qiugen ^a   Zhang, Jian ^c   Bai, Xiang ^a   Yang, Pengtao ^a   Guo, Rongrong ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Geochemistry and petrogenesis; Geochronology; Neoarchean to early paleoproterozoic crustal evolution; North China craton; Precambrian granitoid gneisses; Western Liaoning Province

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANITOID; GREENSTONE BELT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; PETROGENESIS; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; LIAONING; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84869150295     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.10.023     Document Type: Article

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