Melting of newly formed mafic crust for the formation of Neoproterozoic I-type granite in the Hannan region, South China

Journal of Geology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-70

  Zhao, Jun Hong ^a,b   Zhou, Mei Fu ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAKITE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FELSIC ROCK; GRANITE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; MELTING; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; TRACE ELEMENT; UNDERPLATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 61849147827     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593321     Document Type: Article

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