Early Devonian alkaline intrusive complex from the northern North China craton: A petrological monitor of post-collisional tectonics

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 717-730

  Zhang, Xiaohui ^a   Zhang, Hongfu ^a   Jiang, Neng ^a   Zhai, Mingguo ^a   Zhang, Yanbin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; DEVONIAN; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA; METASOMATISM; MONZONITE; OROGENY; PETROLOGY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SLAB; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 77954286503     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492009-110     Document Type: Article

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