Cretaceous high-potassium intrusive rocks in the Yueshan-Hongzhen area of east China: Adakites in an extensional tectonic regime within a continent

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 417-434

  Wang, Qiang ^a   Xu, Ji Feng ^a   Zhao, Zhen Hua ^a   Bao, Zhi Wei ^a   Xu, Wei ^b   Xiong, Xiao Lin ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Geological Survey of Anhui Province   (China)

Author keywords

Adakite; Delamination; East China; High potassium; Lower crust

Indexed keywords

ADAKITE; CRETACEOUS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; PETROGENESIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 10844251101     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.38.417     Document Type: Article

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