Archean mantle contributes to the genesis of chromitite in the Palaeozoic Sartohay ophiolite, Asiatic Orogenic Belt, northwestern China

Precambrian Research

Volumn 216-219, Issue , 2012, Pages 87-94

  Shi, Rendeng ^a,b   Griffin, William L ^b   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^b   Zhou, Meifu ^c   Zhao, Guochun ^c   Huang, Qishuai ^a   Zhang, Xiaoran ^a   Ding, Binghua ^d   Ding, Lin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Archean; Chromitite; Paleo Asian Ocean; Re Os isotopes; Sartohay ophiolite

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CHROMITE; CHROMITITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA; MANTLE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OPHIOLITE; OROGENIC BELT; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PALEOZOIC; PETROGENESIS; RHENIUM; SPREADING CENTER; SUBDUCTION ZONE; ZIRCON;

CHINA;

EID: 84864029074     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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