Xiaoming Liu

TL;DR: It is suggested that lower crustal foundering occurred within the North China craton during the Late Jurassic, and thus provides constraints on the timing of lithosphere removal beneath the NorthChina craton.

TL;DR: In this paper, laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry was used for age determination of zircons of Proterozoic to Oligocene ages (1060-31 Ma).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present new distribution maps of the Early Paleozoic ophiolites and associated volcanics in the Shangdan suture zone and the Middle Devonian-Middle Triassic Ophiolitic melange in the Mianlue suture zones, as well as the maps of granitoid and metamorphic belts displaying various ages.

TL;DR: In this article, an in situ method for simultaneous measurement of U-Pb-Hf isotopes and trace element compositions of zircons using a quadrupole and multiple-collector inductively-coupledplasma mass spectrometer (Q-ICP-MS and MC-ICP-MS, respectively) connected to a single excimer laser-ablation system was described.

TL;DR: In this article, LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating of detrital zircons suggests that the maximum depositional age of the basement sedimentary rocks in the western part of the Jiangnan orogen is ca. 860-800 ǫ.