Mineral chemistry of peridotites from paleozoic, mesozoic and cenozoic lithosphere: Constraints on mantle evolution beneath Eastern China

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2233-2256

  Zheng, Jianping ^a,b,c   Griffin, William L ^b   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^b   Yang, Jinsui ^d   Li, Tianfu ^d   Zhang, Ming ^b   Zhang, Ruth Y ^b   Liou, John G ^e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Garnet peridotite xenoliths; Lithospheric thinning; Mantle replacement; North China Craton; Sulu UHP terrane; UHP lithosphere evolution

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; GARNET; GEOCHEMISTRY; KIMBERLITE; LITHOSPHERE; MESOZOIC; METASOMATISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PALEOZOIC; PERIDOTITE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; XENOLITH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 33750203010     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egl042     Document Type: Article

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