Geochemistry of peridotite xenoliths in Early Cretaceous high-Mg# diorites from the Central Orogenic Block of the North China Craton: The nature of Mesozoic lithospheric mantle and constraints on lithospheric thinning

Chemical Geology

Volumn 270, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 257-273

  Xu, Wenliang ^a,b,c   Yang, Debin ^a   Gao, Shan ^b,c   Pei, Fuping ^a   Yu, Yang ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Early Cretaceous; High Mg diorite; Lithospheric mantle; Peridotite xenolith; The North China Craton

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; DIORITE; DUNITE; HARZBURGITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LHERZOLITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGNESIUM; MANTLE; MESOZOIC; MINERALOGY; OLIVINE; PERIDOTITE; PHLOGOPITE; PROTEROZOIC; XENOLITH;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 74449093127     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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