Petrogenesis and evolution of late Mesozoic granitic magmatism in the Hohhot metamorphic core complex, Daqing Shan, North China

International Geology Review

Volumn 54, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1885-1905

  Guo, Lei ^a,b   Wang, Tao ^a,b   Castro, Antonio ^a,c   Zhang, Jinjiang ^d   Liu, Jiang ^d   Li, Jianbo ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^d Peking University   (China)

^e EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Deep crust partial fusion; Granitic magmatism; Granitoid geochemistry; Late Mesozoic contraction; Late Mesozoic extension; Shallow crust partial fusion; Sr Nd Hf isotopes

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITOID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; PETROGENESIS; PLUTON;

CHINA; DAQING SHAN; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84867200951     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2012.682778     Document Type: Review

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