Pacific plate subduction and Mesozoic geological event in eastern China

Bulletin of Mineralogy Petrology and Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 218-225

  Sun, Wei Dong ^a,b   Ling, Ming Xing ^a,c   Wang, Fang Yue ^a,c   Ding, Xing ^a,c   Hu, Yan Hua ^a,c   Zhou, Ji Bin ^a   Yang, Xiao Yong ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern China; Magmatism; Mesozoic; Mineralization; Pacific; Plate subduction

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; MINERALIZATION; PACIFIC PLATE; PARTIAL MELTING; SUBDUCTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAN-LU FAULT ZONE;

EID: 55149091111     PISSN: 10072802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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