Geochemistry of Permian bimodal volcanic rocks from central Inner Mongolia, North China: Implication for tectonic setting and Phanerozoic continental growth in Central Asian Orogenic Belt

Chemical Geology

Volumn 249, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 262-281

  Zhang, XiaoHui ^a,b   Zhang, Hongfu ^a   Tang, Yanjie ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^b   Hu, Zhaochu ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bimodal volcanic rocks; Central Asian Orogenic Belts; Continental growth; Early Permian; Geochemistry; Petrogenesis; Tectonic setting

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; METASOMATISM; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; OROGENIC BELT; PARTIAL MELTING; PERMIAN; PETROGENESIS; PHANEROZOIC; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 41449095459     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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