Precisely dating Paleozoic kimberlites in the North China Craton and Hf isotopic constraints on the evolution of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle

Lithos

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 127-134

  Li, Qiu Li ^a   Wu, Fu Yuan ^a   Li, Xian Hua ^a   Qiu, Zhi Li ^b   Liu, Yu ^a   Yang, Yue Heng ^a   Tang, Guo Qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Baddeleyite; Hf isotope; Kimberlite; North China Craton; Subcontinental lithospheric mantle

Indexed keywords

BADDELEYITE; EMPLACEMENT; HAFNIUM; KIMBERLITE; LEAD-LEAD DATING; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; METASOMATISM; PALEOZOIC; PEROVSKITE; POTASSIC ROCK; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; XENOLITH;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 80051702304     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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