Magnesium isotopic systematics of continental basalts from the North China craton: Implications for tracing subducted carbonate in the mantle

Chemical Geology

Volumn 328, Issue , 2012, Pages 185-194

  Yang, Wei ^a,b   Teng, Fang Zhen ^b   Zhang, Hong Fu ^a   Li, Shu Guang ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Department of Biological Sciences   (United States)

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

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Continental basalt; Magnesium isotopes; Recycled carbonate; The North China craton; The western Pacific oceanic subduction

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC ANDESITE; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; GEOCHEMICAL FEATURES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; ISOTOPIC SYSTEMATICS; MANTLE SOURCE; MG ISOTOPES; MONGOLIA; NORTH CHINA CRATON; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC SUBDUCTION; TRIASSIC; UPPER MANTLE; WESTERN PACIFIC;

CARBONATION; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; NEODYMIUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; RECYCLING; TECTONICS;

BASALT;

ANDESITE; BASALT; CARBONATE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOWER CRUST; MAGNESIUM; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRIASSIC;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84866494387     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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