Crust-mantle interaction induced by deep subduction of the continental crust: Geochemical and Sr-Nd isotopic evidence from post-collisional mafic-ultramafic intrusions of the northern Dabie complex, central China

Chemical Geology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 119-146

  Jahn, Bor Ming ^a   Wu, Fuyuan ^a,b   Lo, Ching Hua ^c   Tsai, Chin Ho ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age dating; Continental subduction; Crust mantle interaction; Dabie terrane; Mafic ultramafic intrusion; Sr Nd isotopes; UHP terrane

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MELTING; PERIDOTITE; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 0033519432     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00197-1     Document Type: Article

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