Ages, geochemistry and metamorphism of the neoarchean basement in Shandong province
Subtitle: implications for evolution of the North China Craton
By: Meiling Wu
Series: Springer theses; Springer theses
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9783662453438; 9783662453421
Subjects: Cratons; Geochemistry; Structural Geology; Geological time; SCIENCE; Earth Sciences; Geography; Geology
Description: Focusing on issues of when and how Archean crust in the craton was formed, this PhD thesis book presents major research outcomes of field based metamorphic, geochemical and geochronological investigations on Meso-Neoarchean basement rocks from Shandong Province in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton. Based on major findings and new data, the author proposes that the formation and evolution of Archean crust was governed by mantle plumes, not by plate tectonics. As one of the oldest cratonic blocks in the world containing rocks as old as 3.85 billion years, the formation and evolution of North China Craton is still controversial. Therefore this book will be of value to anyone interested in the evolution of cratonic blocks and Precambrian geology.
Notes: "Doctoral thesis accepted by The University of Hong Kong, China."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Geological background; title: Tectonic affinity and reworking of the Jiaodong Terrane; title: Zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of major lithologies from the Jiaodong Terrane; title: Zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of major lithologies from the Yishui Terrane; title: Petrogenesis of Neoarchean basement in Shandong Province; title: Metamorphism of Neoarchean basement in Shandong Province; title: Discussion and tectonic implications.