Sr-Nd-Pb isotope mapping of Mesozoic igneous rocks in NE China: Constraints on tectonic framework and Phanerozoic crustal growth

Lithos

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 563-578

  Guo, Feng ^a   Fan, Weiming ^a   Gao, Xiaofeng ^a   Li, Chaowen ^a   Miao, Laicheng ^b   Zhao, Liang ^a   Li, Hongxia ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal growth; Igneous rocks; Mesozoic; NE China; Sr Nd Pb isotope mapping; Tectonic framework

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GONDWANA; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAURENTIA; LEAD ISOTOPE; MESOZOIC; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 78649451255     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.09.020     Document Type: Article

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