In situ zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopes and tectonic implications of late Palaeoproterozoic host rocks from the Shuangfengling gold deposit, northern Tarim Block, NW China

The Tarim Block contains important information of the Precambrian crustal evolution of the Earth. In this paper, we present detailed petrographic and in situ zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopes data for the Palaeoproterozoic host rocks (gneiss and gneissic granite) of the Shuangfengling gold deposit in the Quruqtagh terrane in order to constrain their ages and magma sources and discuss their tectonic environments. Zircon laser ablation–inductively...