Nature of mantle source contributions and crystal differentiation in the petrogenesis of the 1.78 Ga mafic dykes in the central North China craton

Gondwana Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 29-46

  Peng, Peng ^a,b   Zhai, Ming Guo ^a,b   Guo, Jing Hui ^a,b   Kusky, Tim ^c   Zhao, Tai Ping ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution   (China)

^c Saint Louis University   (United States)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Large Igneous Province; Late Palaeoproterozoic; Mafic dyke swarms; North China craton; Petrogenesis; Plume

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIABASE; DIKE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMA; MAGMA CHAMBER; MANTLE SOURCE; PETROGENESIS;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 34250355350     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2006.10.022     Document Type: Article

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