In situ perovskite Sr-Nd isotopic constraints on the petrogenesis of the Ordovician Mengyin kimberlites in the North China Craton

Chemical Geology

Volumn 264, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 24-42

  Yang, Yue Heng ^a   Wu, Fu Yuan ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^b   Liu, Xiao Ming ^c   Zhang, Yan Bin ^a   Xie, Lie Wen ^a   Yang, Jin Hui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Laser ablation analyses; Mengyin kimberlite; North China Craton; Perovskite; Sr Nd Hf isotopes

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; EMPLACEMENT; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; KIMBERLITE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PEROVSKITE; PETROGENESIS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MENGYIN; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SHANDONG;

EID: 67349113018     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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