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Paleoproterozoic I-type granites and their implications for the Yangtze block position in the Columbia supercontinent: Evidence from the Lengshui Complex, South China

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In this paper, an integrated study of major and trace element data, SHRIMP and LA ICP-MS zircon U-Pb age data, and Hf isotopic data for the granites from the Lengshui Complex in the northern Yangtze Block is reported.
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This article is published in Precambrian Research.The article was published on 2015-07-01. It has received 81 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Zircon & Supercontinent.

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Locating South China in Rodinia and Gondwana: A fragment of Greater India Lithosphere? (Invited)

TL;DR: The South China craton was formed at the end of the Mesoproterozoic by Rodinia and occupied a position adjacent to Western Australia and northern India in the early NeoproTERozoic as discussed by the authors.
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Deconstructing South China and consequences for reconstructing Nuna and Rodinia

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors defined four lithotectonic domains: Kongling, Kunming-Hainan, Wuyi, and Coastal domains, which are characterized by isolated Archean to early Paleoproterozoic rock units and events and crop out in northern and southern South China, respectively.
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Zircon U–Pb chronology, Hf isotope analysis and whole-rock geochemistry for the Neoarchean-Paleoproterozoic Yudongzi complex, northwestern margin of the Yangtze craton, China

TL;DR: The Yudongzi complex was probably involved in the amalgamation of the Paleoproterozoic supercontinent Columbia, and affected by a post-collisional metamorphic event at ca. 2.80-3.10-Ga as discussed by the authors.
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Early crustal evolution of the Yangtze Craton, South China: New constraints from zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopes and geochemistry of ca. 2.9-2.6 Ga granitic rocks in the Zhongxiang Complex

TL;DR: Zhang et al. as discussed by the authors reported new zircon U-Pb age and Hf-isotope as well as geochemical analyses of the recently discovered Archean-Paleoproterozoic Zhongxiang Complex in the northern-central Yangtze Craton, South China, and interpret the early crustal evolution of the Yangtse Craton.
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A Paleoproterozoic ophiolitic mélange, Yangtze craton, South China: Evidence for Paleoproterozoic suturing and microcontinent amalgamation

TL;DR: For the first time, the presence of a Paleoproterozoic ophiolitic melange in the Archean-Paleoproglobalozoic Kongling Complex in the northern Huangling Dome, Yangtze craton, South China has been verified by detailed field mapping, petrographic, geochronological and geochemical studies.
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The continental crust: Its composition and evolution

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the composition of the present upper crust and deal with possible compositions for the total crust and the inferred composition of lower crust, and the question of the uniformity of crustal composition throughout geological time is discussed.
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The composition of the Earth

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the relative abundances of the refractory elements in carbonaceous, ordinary, and enstatite chondritic meteorites and found that the most consistent composition of the Earth's core is derived from the seismic profile and its interpretation, compared with primitive meteorites, and chemical and petrological models of peridotite-basalt melting relationships.
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Trace element discrimination diagrams for the tectonic interpretation of granitic rocks

TL;DR: In this article, a data bank containing over 600 high quality trace element analyses of granites from known settings was used to demonstrate using ORG-normalized geochemical patterns and element-SiO2 plots that most of these granite groups exhibit distinctive trace element characteristics.
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Zircon saturation revisited: temperature and composition effects in a variety of crustal magma types

TL;DR: In this article, the saturation behavior of zircon in crustal anatectic melts as a function of both temperature and composition has been studied and a model of Zr solubility given by: In D Zr Zircon/melt = −3.80−[0.85(M−1)]+12900/T where T is the absolute temperature, and M is the cation ratio (Na + K + 2Ca)/(Al · Si).
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