Zircon UPb geochronology and Hf isotopes of major lithologies from the Yishui Terrane: Implications for the crustal evolution of the Eastern Block, North China Craton

Lithos

Volumn 170-171, Issue , 2013, Pages 164-178

  Wu, Meiling ^a   Zhao, Guochun ^a   Sun, Min ^a   Li, Sanzhong ^b   He, Yanhong ^c   Bao, Zhian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal accretion; Neoarchean; North China Craton; Yishui Terrane; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ARCHEAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84876299703     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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108. Zhao G., Wilde S., Cawood P., Lu L. Thermal evolution of Archean basement rocks from the Eastern part of the North China Craton and its bearing on tectonic setting. International Geology Review 1998, 40:706-721.
109. Zhao G., Wilde S.A., Cawood P.A., Sun M. Archean blocks and their boundaries in the North China Craton: lithological, geochemical, structural and P-T path constraints and tectonic evolution. Precambrian Research 2001, 107:45-73.
110. Zhao G., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Li S. Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North China Craton: key issues revisited. Precambrian Research 2005, 136:177-202.
111. Zhao G.C., Cao L., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Li S.Z. Implications based on the first SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating on Precambrian granitoid rocks in North Korea. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2006, 251:365-379.
112. Zhao G.C., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z., Sun M., Grant M.L., Li X.P. UPb zircon age constraints on the Dongwanzi ultramafic-mafic body, North China, confirm it is not an Archean ophiolite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2007, 255:85-93.
113. Zhao G.C., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Guo J.H., Kroner A., Li S.Z., Li X.P., Wu C.M. SHRIMP UPb zircon geochronology of the Huai'an Complex: constraints on Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic custal accretion and collision of the Trans-North China Orogen. American Journal of Science 2008, 308:270-303.
114. Zhao G.C., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Li S.Z., Li X.P., Zhang J. SHRIMP UPb zircon ages of granitoid rocks in the Lüliang Complex: implications for the accretion and evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen. Precambrian Research 2008, 160:213-226.
115. Zhao Z.R., Song H.X., Shen Q.H., Song B. Geological and geochemical characteristics and SHRIMP UPb zircon dating of the Yinglingshan granite and its xenoliths in Yishui County, Shandong, China. Geological Bulletin of China 2008, 27:1551-1558.
116. Zhao Z.R., Song H.X., Shen Q.H., Song B. The petro-geochemical characters and SHRIMP UPb zircon ages of meta-mafic rocks from the Yishui Complex, in Yishui County, Shandong Province. Geological Review 2009, 55:286-299.
117. Zhao Z.R., Song H.X., Shen Q.H., Song B. Geochemistry and age of a metapelite rock in the Yishui complex, Shandong Province. Acta Petrologica Sinica 2009, 25:1863-1871.
118. Zhao G.C., Wilde S.A., Guo J.H., Cawood P.A., Sun M., Li X.P. Single zircon grains record two continental collisional events in the North China craton. Precambrian Research 2010, 177:266-276.
119. Zhao G.C., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Li S.Z., Li X.P., Wu C.M., Zhang J., He Y.H. Metamorphism of the Lüliang amphibolite: implications for the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton. American Journal of Science 2010, 310:1480-1502.
120. Zhao G.C., Sun M., Wilde S.A., Li S.Z. Assembly, accretion and breakup of the Columbia Supercontinent: records in the North China Craton revisited. International Geology Review 2011, 53:1331-1356.
121. Zhao G.C., Cawood P.A., Wilde S.A., Sun M., Zhang J., He Y.H., Yin C.Q. Amalgamation of the North China Craton: key issues and discussion. Precambrian Research 2012, 222-223:55-76.
122. Zheng Y.F., Xiao W.J., Zhao G.C. Introduction to tectonics of China. Gondwana Research 2013, 23:1189-1206.
123. Zhou X.W., Zhao G.C., Wei C.J., Geng Y.S., Sun M. Metamorphic evolution and ThUPb zircon and monazite geochronology of high-pressure pelitic granulites in the Jiaobei massif of the North China Craton. American Journal of Science 2008, 308:328-350.
124. Zhou J.B., Wilde S.A., Zhao G.C., Zheng C.Q., Jin W., Zhang X.Z., Cheng H. SHRIMP UPb zircon dating of the Neoproterozoic Penglai Group and Archean gneisses from the Jiaobei Terrane, North China, and their tectonic implications. Precambrian Research 2008, 160:323-340.