Neoproterozoic granitoids in South China: Crustal melting above a mantle plume at ca. 825 Ma?

Precambrian Research

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 45-83

  Li, Xian Hua ^a,b   Li, Zheng Xiang ^b   Ge, Wenchun ^a   Zhou, Hanwen ^a,c   Li, Wuxian ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Wingate, Michael T D ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Granitoids; Ion microprobe U Pb geochronology; Mantle plume; Neoproterozoic; South China; Yangtze craton

Indexed keywords

CRUST; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITOID; MANTLE PLUME; MELTING; PETROGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; PLUME; PROTEROZOIC; ROCK;

CHINA;

EID: 0043004746     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00207-3     Document Type: Article

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