Petrogenesis and tectonic significance of a Mesozoic granite-syenite-gabbro association from inland South China

Lithos

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 621-641

  He, Zhen Yu ^a   Xu, Xi Sheng ^a   Niu, Yaoling ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere upwelling; Early Yanshanian; Far field stress; Granite syenite gabbro; South China

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE ROCK; BIOTITE; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GABBRO; GRANITE; I-TYPE ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MESOZOIC; PETROGENESIS; STRESS FIELD; SYENITE; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHINA;

EID: 77956926255     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.08.016     Document Type: Article

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