The origin of Mengyin and Fuxian diamondiferous kimberlites from the North China Craton: Implication for Palaeozoic subducted oceanic slab-mantle interaction

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 425-437

  Zhang, Hong Fu ^a   Zhou, Mei Fu ^b   Sun, Min ^b   Zhou, Xin Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Kimberlite; North China Craton; PGE; Subducted oceanic slab mantle interaction

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; DIAMOND; ISOTOPIC RATIO; KIMBERLITE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PROCESS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PALEOZOIC; PETROGENESIS; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 74449090199     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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