Oldest zircon xenocryst (4.17 Ga) from the North China Craton

International Geology Review

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1902-1908

  Cui, Pei Long ^a   Sun, Jing Gui ^a   Sha, De Ming ^b   Wang, Xi Jing ^b   Zhang, Peng ^b   Gu, A Lei ^a   Wang, Zhong Yu ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

amphibolite; Anshan Benxi greenstone terrane; Hadean; North China Craton; U Pb age; zircon xenocryst

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREENSTONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANSHAN; BENXI; CHINA; LIAONING; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84884671508     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2013.805925     Document Type: Review

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