Nature and processes of the lithospheric mantle beneath the western Qinling: Evidence from deformed peridotitic xenoliths in Cenozoic kamafugite from Haoti, Gansu Province, China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 258-274

  Su, Ben Xun ^a   Zhang, Hong Fu ^a   Ying, Ji Feng ^a   Xiao, Yan ^a   Zhao, Xin Miao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cenozoic kamafugite; Deformed peridotite; Lithospheric mantle; Melt pocket; Western Qinling

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ENTRAINMENT; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE PROCESS; MELT INCLUSION; METASOMATISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; TECTONIC SETTING; XENOLITH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; HAOTI; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

EID: 55349087536     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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