Paleoproterozoic rift-related volcanism of the xiong’er group, North China craton: Implications for the breakup of Columbia

International Geology Review

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 336-351

  Zhao, Tai Ping ^a,b   Zhou, Mei Fu ^c   Zhai, Minguo ^a   Xia, Bin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 0036552938     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.44.4.336     Document Type: Article

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