Some causes and consequences of lithospheric thinning in the eastern North China Craton : evidence from latest Yanshanian granitoids and dykes

The lithosphere beneath the eastern part of the North China Craton (NCC) is known to have been thick (> 200 km) during the Early Palaeozoic as manifested by the presence of diamondiferous kimberlites (Menzies et al., 1993; Griffin et al., 1998; Yang et al., 2009). However, in the Cenozoic we know...

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Main Author: Goss, Sarah Catherine
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/690