Geochemistry of the high-Mg andesites at Zhangwu, western Liaoning: Implication for delamination of newly formed lower crust

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1773-1786

  Huang, Hua ^a   Gao, Shan ^a,b   Hu, ZhaoChu ^a   Liu, XiaoMing ^a   Yuan, HongLing ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Basalt underplating; Delamination; Newly formed lower crust; North China craton; Zhangwu HMAs

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MINERALOGY; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; TECTONICS;

HEAVY RARE EARTH ELEMENT; LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ANDESITE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DELAMINATION; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LOWER CRUST; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; PARTIAL MELTING; PRECAMBRIAN; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; UNDERPLATING;

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

EID: 36448947201     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0121-x     Document Type: Article

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