Metasomatic mantle source and crustal contamination for the formation of the Neoproterozoic mafic dike swarm in the northern Yangtze Block, South China

Lithos

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 177-189

  Zhao, Jun Hong ^a,b   Zhou, Mei Fu ^b   Jian Ping, Zheng ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Crustal contamination; Mafic dikes; Metasomatic mantle source; Neoproterozoic; Yangtze Block

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; DIABASE; DIKE SWARM; EMPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GABBRO; HEAT SOURCE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA; MANTLE SOURCE; METASOMATIC ROCK; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 76349125548     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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