Zircon U-Pb age and Lu-Hf isotope constraints on Precambrian evolution of continental crust in the Songshan area, the south-central North China Craton

Precambrian Research

Volumn 226, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-20

  Zhang, Juan ^a   Zhang, Hong Fu ^a,b   Lu, Xin Xiang ^c  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Academy of Land and Resources of Henan Province   (China)

Author keywords

Hf isotope; Precambrian crustal evolution; South central North China Craton; Zircon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GNEISS; GRANITE; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LUTETIUM; MAGMA; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; PLAGIOCLASE; PRECAMBRIAN; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84871642154     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.11.015     Document Type: Article

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