Geochronology of the Phanerozoic granitoids in northeastern China

FY Wu, DY Sun, WC Ge, YB Zhang, ML Grant… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2011 - Elsevier
Northeast (NE) China is characterized by immense volumes of granitic rocks, exposed over
an area of∼ 200,000 km2. Although the precise geochronological framework was not clear …

Genesis of zircon and its constraints on interpretation of U-Pb age

Y Wu, Y Zheng - Chinese Science Bulletin, 2004 - Springer
Zircon U-Pb dating is the most commonly used method for isotopic geochronology.
However, it has been a difficult issue when relating zircon U-Pb ages to metamorphic …

Precambrian geology of China

G Zhao, PA Cawood - Precambrian Research, 2012 - Elsevier
China contains three major Precambrian blocks, the North China, South China and Tarim
cratons, separated and sutured by Phanerozoic orogenic belts. The North China Craton …

The magnificent seven: A proposal for modest revision of the quality index

JG Meert, AF Pivarunas, DAD Evans, SA Pisarevsky… - Tectonophysics, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Thirty years ago, Rob Van der Voo proposed an elegant and simple system for
evaluating the quality of paleomagnetic data. As a second-year Ph. D. student, the lead …

Nature and significance of the Early Cretaceous giant igneous event in eastern China

FY Wu, JQ Lin, SA Wilde, JH Yang - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2005 - Elsevier
Mesozoic igneous rocks are widespread throughout eastern China, but precise
geochronological constraints were previously lacking. Thirty-two samples, including dolerite …

Evidence from detrital zircons for the existence of continental crust and oceans on the Earth 4.4 Gyr ago

SA Wilde, JW Valley, WH Peck, CM Graham - Nature, 2001 - nature.com
No crustal rocks are known to have survived since the time of the intense meteor
bombardment that affected Earth between its formation about 4,550 Myr ago and 4,030 Myr …

Internal morphology, habit and U-Th-Pb microanalysis of amphibolite-to-granulite facies zircons: geochronology of the Ivrea Zone (Southern Alps)

G Vavra, R Schmid, D Gebauer - Contributions to Mineralogy and …, 1999 - Springer
Several types of growth morphologies and alteration mechanisms of zircon crystals in the
high-grade metamorphic Ivrea Zone (IZ) are distinguished and attributed to magmatic …

Highly fractionated I-type granites in NE China (I): geochronology and petrogenesis

F Wu, B Jahn, SA Wilde, CH Lo, TF Yui, Q Lin, W Ge… - Lithos, 2003 - Elsevier
Northeastern (NE) China is the easternmost part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB),
which is celebrated for its accretionary tectonics and the world's most important juvenile …

Use of cathodoluminescence for U-Pb zircon dating by ion microprobe: some examples from the Western Alps

D Rubatto, D Gebauer - Cathodoluminescence in geosciences, 2000 - Springer
The first report on cathodoluminescence (CL) of zircon goes back to the second half of the
nineteenth century (Crookes 1879), however, only in the last 40 years has this phenomenon …

Formation and evolution of Precambrian continental lithosphere in South China

SB Zhang, YF Zheng - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
An overview is presented for the formation and evolution of Precambrian continental
lithosphere in South China. This is primarily based on an integrated study of zircon U–Pb …