Roles of melting and metasomatism in the formation of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Leizhou Peninsula, South China

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 355-383

  Yu, Jin Hai ^a,b   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^b   Zhang, Ming ^b   Griffin, W L ^b,c   Xu, Xisheng ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Clinopyroxene trace elements; Lithosphere; Mantle metasomatism; Mantle partial melting; Mantle xenoliths; Trace element diffusion rates

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; METASOMATISM; PETROGENESIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; LEIZHOU PENINSULA;

EID: 31544477985     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egi078     Document Type: Article

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