Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb geochronology and Lu-Hf isotopes of metavolcanics from eastern Hebei reveal Neoarchean subduction tectonics in the North China Craton

Gondwana Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 664-686

  Guo, Rongrong ^a   Liu, Shuwen ^a   Santosh, M ^b,c   Li, Qiugen ^a   Bai, Xiang ^a   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern Hebei Province; Geochemistry; Metavolcanic rocks; Neoarchean convergent plate margin; North China Craton; Zircon U Pb Hf systematics

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HAFNIUM; LUTETIUM; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; PARTIAL MELTING; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84879556305     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.12.025     Document Type: Article

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