Petrogenesis and tectonic setting of volcanic rocks in the Xiaoshan and Waifangshan areas along the southern margin of the North China Craton: Constraints from bulk-rock geochemistry and Sr-Nd isotopic composition

Lithos

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 186-199

  He, Yanhong ^a   Zhao, Guochun ^a   Sun, Min ^a   Han, Yigui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

North China Craton; Paleo Mesoproterozoic; Subduction; Supercontinent Columbia (Nuna); Volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; DACITE; DEHYDRATION MELTING; ENRICHMENT; FLUID INCLUSION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MANTLE SOURCE; METASOMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RHYOLITE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

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

EID: 71549134624     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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