Foreword
Science Paper ![](data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22utf-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20version%3D%221.1%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22100%22%20height%3D%22100%22%3E%3Cdefs%3E%20%3ClinearGradient%20id%3D%22grad1%22%3E%20%3Cstop%20offset%3D%220%25%22%20style%3D%22stop-color%3A%232C2C58%3Bstop-opacity%3A1%22%20%2F%3E%20%3Cstop%20offset%3D%22100%25%22%20style%3D%22stop-color%3A%230B1738%3Bstop-opacity%3A1%22%20%2F%3E%20%3C%2FlinearGradient%3E%20%3C%2Fdefs%3E%3Crect%20%20width%3D%22100%22%20height%3D%22100%22%20fill%3D%22url(%23grad1)%22%20%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
The Caozhuang quartzite, located in Eastern Hebei Province in the eastern part of the North China Craton, has long been known to contain the oldest detrital zircon population in China....
- Science PaperThe Anshan area in the northeastern part of the North China Craton contains the oldest known rocks in China. Rocks with ages of ∼3.8 Ga are present in three trondhjemite-dominated...
- Science PaperThe Jiaodong Terrane in eastern Shandong Province is an important part of the Eastern Block of the North China Craton (NCC). In order to better understand the Precambrian crustal evolution...
- Science PaperThe Huai9an Complex is situated in the northern segment of the Trans-North China Orogen (TNCO), a continent-continent collisional belt along which the discrete Archean Eastern and Western Blocks amalgamated to...
- Science PaperDetrital zircons from the khondalites in the Western Block of the North China Craton were mainly derived from a 1.9 to 2.1 Ga Paleoproterozoic provenance. Most of the more than...
The Jiaobei massif constitutes the southern segment of the Paleoproterozoic Jiao-Liao-Ji belt in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton, and contains high-pressure (HP) mafic and pelitic granulites. The...
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Most carbonate-rich magmatic rocks are mantle-derived, namely carbonatite(s), with a minority of them being contaminated by crustal rocks. It is debated whether there are also carbonate-rich magmatic rocks derived solely...
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Sensitive high resolution secondary ion mass spectrometry (SHRIMP II), laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and laser Raman spectroscopy have been used to determine the ages in zircons...