Proterozoic mantle lithosphere beneath the extended margin of the South China block: In situ Re-Os evidence

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 709-712

  Wang, Kuo Lung ^a   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^a   Griffin, William L ^a,b   Chung, Sun Lin ^c   Pearson, Norman J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lithospheric mantle; Proterozoic; Re Os; South China block; Sulfides; Taiwan Strait

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE;

COMPOSITION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; ISOTOPES; MIXING;

GEOLOGY;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; PROTEROZOIC; SULFIDE; XENOLITH;

CHINA; TAIWAN STRAIT;

EID: 0141568791     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19619.1     Document Type: Article

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