Late Mesozoic-Eocene Mantle Replacement beneath the Eastern North China Craton: Evidence from the Paleozoic and Cenozoic Peridotite Xenoliths

International Geology Review

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 457-472

  Zheng, Jianping ^a,b,c   Griffin, W L ^b,d   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^b   Liou, J G ^c   Zhang, R Y ^c   Lu, Fengxiang ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE PROCESS;

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

EID: 18844455818     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.47.5.457     Document Type: Article

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