Contrasting Cenozoic lithospheric evolution and architecture in the western and eastern Sino-Korean craton: Constraints from geochemistry of basalts and mantle xenoliths

Journal of Geology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 593-605

  Xu, Yi Gang ^a   Chung, Sun Lin ^a,b   Ma, Jinlong ^a   Shi, Lanbin ^a,c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CENOZOIC; CRATON; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; XENOLITH;

EID: 6444240006     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/422668     Document Type: Article

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