Zircon U–Pb–Lu–Hf–O isotopic evidence for =3.5 Ga crustal growth,reworking and differentiation in the northern Tarim Craton

Continental crust was largely generated before 2.5 Ga through mafic–ultramafic and TTG (tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite) magmatism, but it is contentious when did such primitive crust evolve into mature granodioritic to granitic composition similar to modern upper crust. Here we present zircon U–...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ge, Rongfeng, Zhu, W., Wilde, Simon, He, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27543