Geochemistry and geochronology of Carboniferous volcanic rocks in the eastern Junggar terrane, NW China: Implication for a tectonic transition

Gondwana Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 1009-1029

  Su, Yuping ^a,b   Zheng, Jianping ^a,b   Griffin, William L ^b   Zhao, Junhong ^a   Tang, Huayun ^a   Ma, Qiang ^a   Lin, Xiangyang ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carboniferous volcanic rocks; Eastern Junggar terrane; Mantle metasomatism; Slab break off; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DELAMINATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TECTONIC PLATE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CHINA; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84866029878     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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