Neoarchean reworking of Mesoarchean and Paleoarchean crust (3.4 ∼ 3.0 Ga) within the North China Craton: Constraints from zircon U-Pb geochronology and Lu-Hf isotopes from the basement of the Bohai Bay Basin

• Published in: Precambrian research Vol. 369; p. 106497
• Main Authors: Meng, Fanchao, Tian, Yulu, Kerr, Andrew C., Wang, Qianjun, Chen, Yong, Zhou, Yaoqi, Yang, Fei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.02.2022
• Subjects: Bohai Bay Basin basement; Crustal reworking; Granitoid; Mesoarchean-Neoarchean; North China Craton; Zircon Lu-Hf isotopes; Zircon U-Pb dating; North China Craton; Crustal reworking; Granitoid; Zircon U-Pb dating; Bohai Bay Basin basement; Mesoarchean-Neoarchean; Zircon Lu-Hf isotopes

•Zircon U-Pb ages establish magmatism at ∼ 3.1 Ga and ∼2.5 Ga in the basement of the Bohai Bay Basin (BBB).•Lu-Hf data establish Neoarchean crustal (∼2.5 Ga) reworking of Mesoarchean and Paleoarchean crust (3.4 ∼ 3.0 Ga) in the basement of BBB.•Continental crustal growth in the Eastern Block of the...