Triassic "adakitic" rocks in an extensional setting (North China): Melts from the cratonic lower crust

Lithos

Volumn 149, Issue , 2012, Pages 159-173

  Ma, Qiang ^a   Zheng, Jianping ^a   Griffin, W L ^b   Zhang, Ming ^b   Tang, Huayun ^a   Su, Yuping ^a   Ping, Xianquan ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adakites; Ancient lower crust; Late Triassic; Magmatic underplating; North China Craton

Indexed keywords

ADAKITE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; IGNEOUS ROCK; LITHOSPHERE; MELTING; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUBDUCTION; TRIASSIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK; ZIRCON;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

TRACHYTES;

EID: 84865191029     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.04.017     Document Type: Article

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