Spinel-garnet phase transition zone of Cenozoic lithospheric mantle beneath the eastern China and western Qinling and its T-P condition

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1313-1320

  Su, BenXun ^a   Zhang, HongFu ^a   Wang, QiaoYun ^b   Sun, He ^a   Xiao, Yan ^a   Ying, JiFeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern China; Lithospheric mantle; Phase transition zone; Spinel Garnet; Western Qinling

Indexed keywords

SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

EASTERN CHINA; FIVE PHASE; LATE TERTIARY; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MINERAL COMPOSITION; SPINEL/GARNET; UPPER LIMITS; WESTERN QINLING;

GARNETS;

CENOZOIC; GARNET; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PERIDOTITE; PHASE TRANSITION; SPINEL; VOLCANIC ROCK; XENOLITH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84977987403     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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