Komatiites from west Shandong, North China craton: Implications for plume tectonics

Gondwana Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 77-83

  Cheng, Suhua ^a,b,c   Kusky, Timothy ^d,e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Saint Louis University   (United States)

^e OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Archean; Komatiites; Mengyin; North China craton

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; FORMATION MECHANISM; GREENSCHIST FACIES; KOMATIITE; MAGMATISM; PETROLOGY; PLUME; TECTONIC SETTING; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SHANDONG;

EID: 34250833283     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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