Carboniferous mantle-derived felsic intrusion in the Chinese Altai, NW China: Implications for geodynamic change of the accretionary orogenic belt

Gondwana Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 681-698

  Cai, Keda ^a   Sun, Min ^a   Yuan, Chao ^b   Xiao, Wenjiao ^c   Zhao, Guochun ^a   Long, Xiaoping ^b   Wu, Fuyuan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Accretionary orogenic belt; CAOB; Chinese Altai; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Granodiorite; MME

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CARBONIFEROUS; FELSIC ROCK; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEODYNAMICS; GRANODIORITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MANTLE SOURCE; OROGENIC BELT;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84863864922     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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