Remnants of oceanic lower crust in the subcontinental lithospheric mantle: Trace element and Sr-Nd-O isotope evidence from aluminous garnet pyroxenite xenoliths from Jiaohe, Northeast China

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 413-422

  Yu, Song Yue ^a,b   Xu, Yi Gang ^a   Ma, Jin Long ^a   Zheng, Yong Fei ^c   Kuang, Yong Sheng ^a   Hong, Lu Bing ^a   Ge, Wen Chun ^d   Tong, Lai Xi ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eu anomaly; Mineralogical transformation; Northeast China; O isotope inheritance; Pyroxenite xenoliths; Subcontinental lithospheric mantle; Subducted gabbroic oceanic crust

Indexed keywords

EU ANOMALY; MINERALOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NORTHEAST CHINA; O ISOTOPE INHERITANCE; OCEANIC CRUST; PYROXENITE XENOLITHS; SUB-CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLES;

EUROPIUM; FELDSPAR; GARNETS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; OLIVINE; SEAWATER; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

STRONTIUM;

ALKALI BASALT; CLINOPYROXENE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; GABBRO; GARNET; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOWER CRUST; MAGMATISM; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METAMORPHISM; MINERALOGY; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PYROXENITE; SPINEL; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

CHINA;

EID: 77956009921     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.043     Document Type: Article

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