Highly heterogeneous lithospheric mantle beneath the Central Zone of the North China Craton evolved from Archean mantle through diverse melt refertilization

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 130-140

  Tang, Yan Jie ^a   Zhang, Hong Fu ^a   Ying, Ji Feng ^a   Su, Ben Xun ^a   Chu, Zhu Yin ^a   Xiao, Yan ^a   Zhao, Xin Miao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Archean; Geochemistry; Lithospheric mantle; North China Craton; Peridotite xenolith

Indexed keywords

BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; XENOLITH;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84869866290     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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