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Kang Chen
Researcher at China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
Publications - 23
Citations - 1278
Kang Chen is an academic researcher from China University of Geosciences (Wuhan). The author has contributed to research in topics: Continental crust & Archean. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 17 publications receiving 953 citations. Previous affiliations of Kang Chen include Rice University & University of Maryland, College Park.
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Archean upper crust transition from mafic to felsic marks the onset of plate tectonics
TL;DR: New geochemical proxies for MgO track the chemistry and evolution of Earth’s continental crust over 4 billion years, suggesting the onset of global plate tectonics at ~3.0 billion years ago.
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3.45Ga granitic gneisses from the Yangtze Craton, South China: Implications for Early Archean crustal growth
Jingliang Guo,Shan Gao,Yuan-Bao Wu,Ming Li,Kang Chen,Zhaochu Hu,Zheng-Wei Liang,Yongsheng Liu,Lian Zhou,Keqing Zong,Wen Zhang,Haihong Chen +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the ages of two granitic gneisses from the Kongling Terrain in the Yangtze Craton, South China were determined by SIMS, LA-ICP-MS and LA-MC-ICP-MS.
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2.6–2.7 Ga crustal growth in Yangtze craton, South China
Kang Chen,Shan Gao,Shan Gao,Yuan-Bao Wu,Jingliang Guo,Zhaochu Hu,Yongsheng Liu,Keqing Zong,Zheng-Wei Liang,Xianlei Geng +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a combined study of zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopes and whole rock major and trace elements and Sr-Nd isotopes has been conducted for 10 tonalitic-trondhjemitic-granodioritic (TTG) and granitic gneisses from the Kongling terrain, the only known Archean microcontinent in the Yangtze craton, South China.
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Episodic Paleoarchean-Paleoproterozoic (3.3-2.0 Ga) granitoid magmatism in Yangtze Craton, South China: Implications for late Archean tectonics
Jingliang Guo,Yuan-Bao Wu,Shan Gao,Zhenmin Jin,Keqing Zong,Zhaochu Hu,Kang Chen,Haihong Chen,Yongsheng Liu +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present petrography, geochemistry, zircon U-Pb geochronology and Lu-Hf isotopes of twelve gneissic granitoids from the Archean Kongling Terrane, including trondhjemites, biotite-granites, and two-mica granites.
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The generation and evolution of Archean continental crust in the Dunhuang block, northeastern Tarim craton, northwestern China
TL;DR: In this article, typical TTG gneisses from the Dunhuang block in the northeastern Tarim craton were studied in detail regarding their geochemistry and geochronology to constrain the generation and evolution of the Archean continental crust in this region.