Evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath the southeastern North China Craton: Constraints from mafic dikes in the Jiaobei terrain

Gondwana Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 601-621

  Cai, Ya Chun ^a   Fan, Hong Rui ^a   Santosh, M ^b,c   Liu, Xuan ^a   Hu, Fang Fang ^a   Yang, Kui Feng ^a   Lan, Ting Guang ^a   Yang, Yue Heng ^a   Liu, Yongsheng ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Jiaobei terrain; Lithospheric mantle; Mafic dikes; Petrogenesis; Southeastern NCC

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DIKE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAFIC ROCK; MANTLE SOURCE; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84879556246     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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