Granulite xenoliths from Cenozoic Basalts in SE China provide geochemical fingerprints to distinguish lower crust terranes from the North and South China tectonic blocks

Lithos

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 77-102

  Yu, Jin Hai ^a,b   Xu, Xisheng ^a,b   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^b   Griffin, W L ^b,c   Zhang, Ming ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Granulite geochemistry; Granulites; Lower crust; Lower crustal xenoliths; SE China; Tectonic settings

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CENOZOIC; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANULITE; LOWER CRUST; TECTONIC SETTING; XENOLITH;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 0037368070     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(02)00253-0     Document Type: Article

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