Mesoproterozoic mafic and carbonatitic dykes from the northern margin of the North China Craton: Implications for the final breakup of Columbia supercontinent

Tectonophysics

Volumn 498, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Yang, Kui Feng ^a   Fan, Hong Rui ^a   Santosh, M ^b   Hu, Fang Fang ^a   Wang, Kai Yi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bayan Obo; Columbia supercontinent; Mafic carbonatitic dykes; Mesoproterozoic; North China Craton; Rift tectonics

Indexed keywords

BAYAN OBO; COLUMBIA; MAFIC-CARBONATITIC DYKES; MESOPROTEROZOIC; NORTH CHINA CRATON; RIFT TECTONICS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

TECTONICS;

CARBONATITE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RIFTING; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

BAYAN OBO; CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 78651444729     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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