2.6-2.7Ga crustal growth in Yangtze craton, South China

Precambrian Research

Volumn 224, Issue , 2013, Pages 472-490

  Chen, Kang ^a   Gao, Shan ^a,b   Wu, Yuanbao ^a   Guo, Jingliang ^a   Hu, Zhaochu ^a   Liu, Yongsheng ^a   Zong, Keqing ^a   Liang, Zhengwei ^a   Geng, Xianlei ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Archean A type granites; Crustal growth; The Kongling terrain; U Pb and Lu Hf isotopes; Yangtze craton

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE ROCK; ALKALI FELDSPAR; CHONDRITE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRATON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GNEISS; GRANITOID; GRANODIORITE; IGNEOUS ROCK; LUTETIUM; MAGMATISM; PROTOLITH; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TERRAIN; TONALITE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRONDHJEMITE; URANIUM ISOTOPE; ZIRCON;

CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 84870491360     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.10.017     Document Type: Article

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