A-type granite belts of two chemical subgroups in central eastern China: Indication of ridge subduction

Lithos

Volumn 150, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-36

  Li, He ^a,c   Ling, Ming Xing ^a   Li, Cong Ying ^a,c   Zhang, Hong ^a   Ding, Xing ^a   Yang, Xiao Yong ^b   Fan, Wei Ming ^a   Li, Yi Liang ^d   Sun, Wei Dong ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

A type granite; Adakite; Lower Yangtze River belt; Mantle metasomatism; Ridge subduction; Slab window

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE ROCK; ADAKITE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; METASOMATISM; PETROLOGY; SPREADING CENTER; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

SUBGROUP A;

EID: 84865767004     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.09.021     Document Type: Article

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