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Wu F-Y, J-H Yang, Y-G Xu, S A.Wilde, RJ.Walker, 2019. Destruction of the North China Craton in the Mesozoic. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 47:173–195
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Hong LB; Y.-H. Zhang; Y-G Xu; ZY Ren; W Yan; Q Ma; L Ma; W Xie, 2017. Hydrous orthopyroxene-rich pyroxenite source of the Xinkailing high magnesium andesites, Western Liaoning: Implication for the subduction-modified lithosphere mantle and destruction mechanism of the North China Craton. Lithos, 282, 1-22
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Chen J, S-z Shen, X-h Li, Y-G Xu, M M. Joachimski, S A. Bowring, D H. Erwin, D Yuan, B Chen, H Zhang, Y Wang, C-q Cao, Q-f Zheng, L Mu, 2016. High-resolution SIMS oxygen isotope analysis on conodont apatite from South China and implications for the end-Permian mass extinction. Paleography, Paleoclimat Paleoenvironment, 448: 26-38
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Ma JL, Wei GJ, Ren ZY, Xu YG, Yang YH, 2013. Precise Measurement of Stable and Radiogenic Strontium Isotope (δ88/86Sr and 87Sr/86Sr) Using MC-ICP-MS (JA-TEC-10-2011-010315). Chinese Science Bulletin, 25: 3111-3118
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