Petrology and geochemistry of peridotite xenoliths from the Lianshan region: Nature and evolution of lithospheric mantle beneath the lower Yangtze block

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 161-175

  Lu, Jianggu ^a   Zheng, Jianping ^a,b   Griffin, William L ^b   Yu, Chunmei ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mantle evolution; Peridotite xenoliths; Subcontinental lithospheric mantle; The lower Yangtze block

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; XENOLITH;

CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 84869885367     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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