Mesozoic lower crustal xenoliths and their significances in lithospheric evolution beneath the Sino-Korean Craton

Tectonophysics

Volumn 361, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 37-60

  Zheng, Jianping ^a,b   Sun, Min ^b   Lu, Fengxiang ^a   Pearson, Norman ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crust mantle interaction; Geochemistry; Lower crustal composition; Mesozoic xenolith; Petrology; Sino Korean Craton

Indexed keywords

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GRANULITE; LITHOSPHERE; LOWER CRUST; MESOZOIC; PETROLOGY; XENOLITH;

CHINA; SINO-KOREAN CRATON;

EID: 0037426688     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00537-1     Document Type: Article

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