Mesozoic-Cenozoic mantle evolution beneath the North China Craton: A new perspective from Hf-Nd isotopes of basalts

Gondwana Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1574-1585

  Meng, Fanxue ^a,b   Gao, Shan ^b   Niu, Yaoling ^a,c   Liu, Yongsheng ^b   Wang, Xiaorui ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mesozoic Cenozoic basalts; North China Craton; Whole rock Hf isotopes

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; ENRICHMENT; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PROCESS; MESOZOIC; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84928587598     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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