The thermal state and composition of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Leizhou Peninsula, South China

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 165-189

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

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eastern China lithosphere; Geotherm; Leizhou Peninsula lithosphere; Mantle megacrysts; Mantle pyroxenites; Mantle xenoliths

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

MEGACRYSTIC AGGREGATES;

GEOLOGY;

BASALT; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; PETROGRAPHY; PYROXENITE; XENOLITH;

CHINA;

EID: 0037375571     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(02)00500-0     Document Type: Article

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