Early Cretaceous adakitic granites in the Northern Dabie Complex, central China: Implications for partial melting and delamination of thickened lower crust

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2609-2636

  Wang, Qiang ^a   Wyman, Derek A ^b   Xu, Jifeng ^a   Jian, Ping ^c   Zhao, Zhenhua ^a   Li, Chaofeng ^d   Xu, Wei ^e   Ma, Jinlong ^a   He, Bin ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e Anhui Institute of Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAKITE; AMPHIBOLE; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DELAMINATION; DIKE; ECLOGITE; GRANITE; GRANULITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MESOZOIC; METABASALT; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; TRIASSIC;

EID: 34247559168     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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