Triassic shoshonitic dykes from the northern North China craton: Petrogenesis and geodynamic significance

Geological Magazine

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-55

  Fu, Lebing ^a   Wei, Junhao ^a   Kusky, Timothy M ^a   Chen, Huayong ^b   Tan, Jun ^a   Li, Yanjun ^a   Kong, Lingjun ^a   Jiang, Yongjian ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central Asian Orogenic Belt; delamination; dyke; Jinchanggouliang; lithosphere destruction; post orogenic extension

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BINARY ALLOYS; DELAMINATION; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; ISOTOPES; LEAD ALLOYS; MAGNESIA; ORES; OXIDE MINERALS; PETROLOGY; RARE EARTHS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCON;

CENTRAL ASIAN OROGENIC BELT; DYKE; JINCHANGGOULIANG; LITHOSPHERE DESTRUCTION; POST-OROGENIC EXTENSION;

LEAD;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL THINNING; DELAMINATION; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEODYNAMICS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OROGENIC BELT; PETROGENESIS; TRACE ELEMENT; TRIASSIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 82955193712     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756811000173     Document Type: Article

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