Palaeoproterozoic episodic magmatism and high-grade metamorphism in the North China Craton: Evidence from SHRIMP zircon dating of magmatic suites in the Daqingshan area

Geological Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 429-455

  Liu, Shoujie ^a   Dong, Chunyan ^a   Xu, Zhongyuan ^b   Santosh, M ^c,d   Ma, Mingzhu ^a   Xie, Hangqiang ^a   Liu, Dunyi ^a   Wan, Yusheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Daqingshan; Magmatism; Metamorphism; North China Craton; Palaeoproterozoic; SHRIMP zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; EPISODIC EVENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; DAQING SHAN; NEI MONGGOL; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84883553606     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.2453     Document Type: Article

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