Identification of 3.5 Ga detrital zircons from Yangtze craton in South China and the implication for Archean crust evolution

Progress in Natural Science: Materials International

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 663-666

  Liu, Xiaoming ^a,b   Gao, Shan ^a,b   Ling, Wenli ^a   Yuan, Honglin ^b   Hu, Zhaochu ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Detrital zircon; Early Archean; Yangtze craton; Zircon dating

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ALLOYS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ARCHAEAN; DETRITAL ZIRCON; DETRITAL ZIRCON GRAINS; EARLY ARCHEAN; HIGH GRADES; OSCILLATORY ZONING; SOUTH CHINA; U-PB DATING; YANGTZE CRATON; ZIRCON DATING;

ZIRCON;

EID: 84899783223     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10020070612330050     Document Type: Article

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