Late Mesozoic mafic magmatism from the North China Block: Constraints on chemical and isotopic heterogeneity of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 280, Issue , 2007, Pages 77-100

  Fan, W M ^a   Guo, Feng ^a   Wang, Y J ^a   Zhang, H F ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; HETEROGENEITY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOSPHERE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROGENESIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

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

EID: 34447577994     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP280.4     Document Type: Article

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