Mesozoic crust-mantle interaction beneath the North China craton: A consequence of the dispersal of Gondwanaland and accretion of Asia

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 817-820

  Wilde, Simon A ^a   Zhou, Xinhua ^b   Nemchin, Alexander A ^c   Sun, Min ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asian accretion; Gondwanaland; Lower crustal xenoliths; North China craton; Zircon geo chronology

Indexed keywords

LEVEES;

ACCRETION;

BASALT;

ACCRETION; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MESOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ZIRCON;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA CRATON;

EID: 0141683739     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19489.1     Document Type: Article

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