High Nb/Ta ratios of the Mesozoic basalts from North China: Records of continental crust recycling

Bulletin of Mineralogy Petrology and Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-28

  Liu, Yong Sheng ^a   Gao, Shan ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Lithospheric thinning; Mesozoic basalts; Metasomatized mantle; Nb Ta ratio

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL THINNING; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MESOZOIC; METASOMATISM; NIOBIUM; PARTIAL MELTING; SILICATE MELT; TANTALUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34547801170     PISSN: 10072802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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