Refertilization of ancient lithospheric mantle beneath the central North China Craton: Evidence from petrology and geochemistry of peridotite xenoliths

Lithos

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 435-452

  Tang, Yan Jie ^a   Zhang, Hong Fu ^a   Ying, Ji Feng ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a   Liu, Xiao Ming ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lithospheric mantle; Mantle refertilization; North China Craton; Peridotite xenoliths

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HARZBURGITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LHERZOLITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE; PETROLOGY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

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

EID: 39849104599     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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