Modern-style tectonic cycle in earliest Proterozoic time: Petrogenesis of dioritic-granitic rocks from the Daqingshan–Wulashan Terrane, southern Yinshan Block, North China Craton

Archean granitoids provide us with an insight into the accretion and differentiation of early continental crust. We report the study of a dioritic to granitic rock association occurring in the Hongzhao region of the Daqingshan–Wulashan Terrane at the southern periphery of the Yinshan Block in western North China Craton. Zircon UPb dating reveals that the Hongzhao plutonic suite was emplaced within a short period (2.48–2.46 Ga) at the...