High-Mg adakitic rocks in the Dabie orogen, central China: Implications for foundering mechanism of lower continental crust

Chemical Geology

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Huang, Fang ^a,b   Li, Shuguang ^a   Dong, Feng ^a   He, Yongsheng ^a   Chen, Fukun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Dabie orogen; Delamination and foundering; High Mg adakite; Recycling; Tan Lu fault

Indexed keywords

ADAKITE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DELAMINATION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNESIUM; MESOZOIC; OCEANIC CRUST; PACIFIC PLATE; PARTIAL MELTING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; UPWELLING;

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

EID: 50449099552     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.02.014     Document Type: Article

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