Crustal formation in the Nanling Range, South China Block: Hf isotope evidence of zircons from Phanerozoic granitoids

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 210-224

  Shu, Xu Jie ^a   Wang, Xiao Lei ^a,b   Sun, Tao ^a   Chen, Wei Feng ^a   Shen, Wei Zhou ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal evolution; Granitoids; Hf isotopes; Reworking; South China Block; U Pb age

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GRANITE; GRANITOID; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OROGENY; PHANEROZOIC; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; REWORKING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; JIANGNAN; NANLING; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84882819889     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.01.016     Document Type: Article

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