Contrasting geochemical and Sm-Nd isotopic compositions of Archean metasediments from the Kongling high-grade terrain of the Yangtze craton: Evidence for cratonic evolution and redistribution of REE during crustal anatexis

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 13-14, 1999, Pages 2071-2088

  Gao, Shan ^a,b,c   Ling, Wenli ^a   Qiu, Yumin ^d   Lian, Zhou ^a   Hartmann, Gerald ^c   Simon, Klaus ^c  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 0033429715     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00153-2     Document Type: Article

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