Xenolith evidence for polybaric melting and stratification of the upper mantle beneath South China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 937-954

  Xu, Y G ^a,b   Sun, M ^c   Yan, W ^d   Liu, Y ^a   Huang, X L ^a   Chen, X M ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Lithospheric thinning; Mantle x enoliths; Metasomatism; Polybaric melting; South China

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; UPPER MANTLE; XENOLITH;

CHINA; GUANGDONG PROVINCE; HAINAN PROVINCE;

EID: 0037112672     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(01)00087-6     Document Type: Article

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