Destruction of the North China craton induced by ridge subductions

Journal of Geology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 197-213

  Ling, Ming Xing ^a,b   Li, Yin ^c   Ding, Xing ^a   Teng, Fang Zhen ^b   Yang, Xiao Yong ^d   Fan, Wei Ming ^a   Xu, Yi Gang ^a   Sun, Weidong ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Department of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^c CHINA PETROLEUM PIPELINE ENGINEERING CORPORATION   (China)

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

A-TYPE ROCK; ADAKITE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; ECLOGITE; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMATISM; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PACIFIC PLATE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

AMBLEMA PLICATA;

EID: 84875313787     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: 15375269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669248     Document Type: Article

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