Temporal evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Eastern North China Craton

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1857-1898

  Chu, Zhu Yin ^a   Wu, Fu Yuan ^a   Walker, Richard J ^b   Rudnick, Roberta L ^b   Pitcher, Lynnette ^b   Puchtel, Igor S ^b   Yang, Yue Heng ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Isotopes; Lithospheric mantle; North China Craton; Paleozoic; Platinum group elements (PGE); Re Os; Sm Nd, Rb Sr, Lu Hf

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KIMBERLITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LUTETIUM; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PALEOZOIC; PERIDOTITE; PETROGRAPHY; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; XENOLITH;

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

EID: 70349989874     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egp055     Document Type: Article

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