Lower crustal xenoliths from Junan, Shandong province and their bearing on the nature of the lower crust beneath the North China Craton

Lithos

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 363-376

  Ying, Ji Feng ^a   Zhang, Hong Fu ^a   Tang, Yan Jie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Granulite xenoliths; Lower crust; North China Craton; Petrology

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CRETACEOUS; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LOWER CRUST; MAGMA ASSIMILATION; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; XENOLITH;

CHINA; JUNAN; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SHANDONG;

EID: 77956930201     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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