Geochronology and geochemistry of Mesozoic mafic-ultramafic complexes in the southern Liaoning and southern Jilin provinces, NE China: Constraints on the spatial extent of destruction of the North China Craton

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 636-650

  Pei, Fu Ping ^a   Xu, Wen Liang ^a   Yang, De Bin ^a   Yu, Yang ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Zhao, Quan Guo ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Geochronology; Lithospheric mantle; Mafic ultramafic complexes; North China Craton destruction

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAFIC ROCK; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

CHINA; JILIN; LIAONING; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 78650571914     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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