Geochemistry of Neoarchean mafic volcanic rocks and late mafic dikes in the Zanhuang Complex, Central Orogenic Belt, North China Craton: Implications for geodynamic setting

Lithos

Volumn 175-176, Issue , 2013, Pages 193-212

  Deng, Hao ^a   Kusky, Timothy ^a   Polat, Ali ^a,b   Wang, Lu ^a   Wang, Junpeng ^a   Wang, Songjie ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archean m lange; Epidosites; Intra oceanic arc; Mafic volcanic rocks; North China Craton; Zanhuang Complex

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DIKE; ENRICHMENT; GEODYNAMICS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAFIC ROCK; MANTLE SOURCE; MELANGE; OROGENIC BELT; PEGMATITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84879477519     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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