Water contrast between Precambrian and Phanerozoic continental lower crust in eastern China

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Yang, Xiao Zhi ^a,b   Deloule, Etienne ^b   Xia, Qun Ke ^a   Fan, Qi Cheng ^c   Feng, Min ^a  

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

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL CRUST; GRANULITE; LOWER CRUST; MANTLE PLUME; PHANEROZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; UPPER MANTLE; WATER CONTENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 55949108507     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005541     Document Type: Article

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