Oceanic lithospheric mantle beneath the continental crust of the Chinese Altai

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 995-1000

  Yuan, Chao ^a,b   Sun, Min ^c   Xu, Yigang ^a   Zhao, Guochun ^c   Xiao, Wenjiao ^d   Long, Xiaoping ^a,b   Yin, Jiyuan ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Xinjiang Research Center for Mineral Resources   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; HIGH FIELD STRENGTH ELEMENTS; IN-BUILDINGS; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MID OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS;

BASALT;

ACCRETION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUBDUCTION;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79959494175     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-058     Document Type: Article

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