Geochronology and trace element geochemistry of zircon, monazite and garnet from the garnetite and/or associated other high-grade rocks: Implications for Palaeoproterozoic tectonothermal evolution of the Khondalite Belt, North China Craton

Precambrian Research

Volumn 237, Issue , 2013, Pages 78-100

  Jiao, Shujuan ^a   Guo, Jinghui ^a   Harley, Simon L ^b   Peng, Peng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Khondalite Belt; Monazite chemical dating; North China Craton; Trace element geochemistry; Zircon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; EXTENSION; GARNET; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; KHONDALITE; MONAZITE; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ VEIN; THERMAL EVOLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84885130902     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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