Melt-peridotite interaction in the Pre-Cambrian mantle beneath the western North China Craton: Petrology, geochemistry and Sr, Nd and Re isotopes

Lithos

Volumn 149, Issue , 2012, Pages 100-114

  Zhang, Hong Fu ^a,b   Sun, Ya Li ^c   Tang, Yan Jie ^b   Xiao, Yan ^b   Zhang, Wen Hui ^b   Zhao, Xin Miao ^b   Santosh, M ^d   Menzies, Martin A ^e  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HSE; Mantle xenolith; Re Os isotope; Sub continental lithospheric mantle; Western North China Craton

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTOLITH; RHENIUM; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SUTURE ZONE; XENOLITH;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84865184496     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.01.027     Document Type: Article

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