A possible model for the lithospheric thinning of North China Craton: Evidence from the Yanshanian (Jura-Cretaceous) magmatism and tectonism

Lithos

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 22-35

  Deng, Jinfu ^a   Su, Shangguo ^a   Niu, Yaoling ^a,b   Liu, Cui ^a   Zhao, Guochun ^a   Zhao, Xingguo ^a   Zhou, Su ^a   Wu, Zongxu ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delamination and lithospheric thinning; Magmatism and tectonic deformation; North China Craton; Yanshanian orogenic belt

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; ASTHENOSPHERE; CRATON; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; CRUSTAL THINNING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DELAMINATION; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MAGMATISM; P-T-T PATH; PETROLOGY; RHEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

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

EID: 34248327379     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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