Recognition of Grenvillian volcanic suite in the Shennongjia region and its tectonic significance for the South China Craton

Precambrian Research

Volumn 191, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 101-119

  Qiu, Xiao Fei ^a   Ling, Wen Li ^a   Liu, Xiao Ming ^a,b   Kusky, Timothy ^a   Berkana, Wafa ^a   Zhang, Ying Hua ^a   Gao, Yong Juan ^c   Lu, Shan Song ^a   Kuang, Hua ^d   Liu, Cheng Xin ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d Hubei Institute of Regional Geology and Mineral Resources Survey   (China)

Author keywords

Arc volcanism; Grenvillian; Microcontinent; Rodinia assembly; Shennongjia Group; South China

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANTLE SOURCE; METASOMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SUBDUCTION; SUPERCONTINENT; THOLEIITIC BASALT; UNDERPLATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM;

CHINA; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 80054993963     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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