Destruction of the North China Craton: Delamination or thermal/chemical erosion? Mineral chemistry and oxygen isotope insights from websterite xenoliths

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-129

  Xu, Wen Liang ^a,b   Zhou, Qun Jun ^a   Pei, Fu Ping ^a   Yang, De Bin ^a   Gao, Shan ^b   Li, Qiu Li ^c   Yang, Yue Heng ^c  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Craton destruction; Delamination; North China Craton; Tectonics; Thermal chemical erosion; Websterite xenolith

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINOPYROXENE; CRETACEOUS; DELAMINATION; EROSION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERAL; OLIVINE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; XENOLITH;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84869882641     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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