Integrated in situ zircon U-Pb age and Hf-O isotopes for the Helanshan khondalites in North China Craton: Juvenile crustal materials deposited in active or passive continental margin?

Precambrian Research

Volumn 222-223, Issue , 2012, Pages 143-158

  Dan, Wei ^a,b   Li, Xian Hua ^a   Guo, Jinghui ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Wang, Xuan Ce ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active continental margin; Detrital zircon; Hf O isotopes; Khondalites; North China Craton; U Pb age

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; HAFNIUM; JUVENILE; KHONDALITE; PROTEROZOIC; PROTOLITH; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; ORDOS; YINSHAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84869179412     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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