Petrology and geochemistry of Mesozoic granitic rocks from the Nansha micro-block, the South China Sea: Constraints on the basement nature

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-139

  Yan, Quanshu ^a   Shi, Xuefa ^a   Liu, Jihua ^a   Wang, Kunshan ^a   Bu, Wenrui ^a  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Basement nature; Granitic rock; Late Mesozoic era; Nansha micro block; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CONVERGENT MARGIN; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GRANITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; MESOZOIC; PACIFIC PLATE; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT; UNDERPLATING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 70349751403     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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