Genesis of the Hengling magmatic belt in the North China Craton: Implications for Paleoproterozoic tectonics

Lithos

Volumn 148, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-44

  Peng, Peng ^a   Guo, Jinghui ^a   Zhai, Mingguo ^a   Windley, Brian F ^b   Li, Tiesheng ^a   Liu, Fu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hengling magmatic belt; Intra continental rift; Mafic dyke swarm; North China Craton; Paleoproterozoic; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DIKE SWARM; EXHUMATION; FRACTIONATION; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; SILL; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; THOLEIITE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84862981096     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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