Slab-mantle interaction in continental subduction channel: Geochemical evidence from Mesozoic gabbroic intrusives in southeastern North China

Lithos

Volumn 155, Issue , 2012, Pages 442-460

  Yang, Qing Liang ^a   Zhao, Zi Fu ^a   Zheng, Yong Fei ^a  

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

Author keywords

Continental subduction channel; Gabbroic rocks; Slab mantle interaction; Subcontinental lithospheric mantle; Subducted continental crust

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRYSTALLIZATION; GABBRO; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LUTETIUM; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA; MANTLE SOURCE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METAIGNEOUS ROCK; METASOMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OROGENIC BELT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PERIDOTITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SLAB; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SUBDUCTION; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; DABIE-SULU BELT; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84869884747     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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