Is the ordos block archean or paleoproterozoic in age? implications for the precambrian evolution of the north China craton

American Journal of Science

Volumn 313, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 683-711

  Wan, Yusheng ^a,b,d   Xie, Hangqiang ^a,b   Yang, Hua ^c   Wang, Zejiu ^d   Liu, Dunyi ^a,b   Kroner, Alfred ^a,b   Wilde, Simon A ^a,e   Geng, Yuansheng ^a   Sun, Liuyi ^c   Ma, Mingzhu ^a,b   Liu, Shoujie ^a,b   Dong, Chunyan ^a,b   Du, Lilin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Beijing SHRIMP Center   (China)

^c PETROCHINA CHANGQING OILFIELD COMPANY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early Precambrian; Hf analysis; North China Craton; Ordos basement; Zircon dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889677893     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/07.2013.03     Document Type: Article

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