On the significance of temperatures derived from major element and REE based two-pyroxene thermometers for mantle xenoliths from the North China Craton

• Published in: Lithos Vol. 224-225; pp. 101 - 113
• Main Authors: Wang, Chunguang, Liang, Yan, Xu, Wenliang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.05.2015
• Subjects: Cooling rate; Lithospheric mantle; North China Craton; Peridotite; Pyroxenite; REE-in-two-pyroxene thermometer; Lithospheric mantle; REE-in-two-pyroxene thermometer; Pyroxenite; Peridotite; North China Craton; Cooling rate

Thermal evolution of the North China Craton (NCC) has been a subject of extensive geochemical and geophysical investigations. To better constrain the thermal state of lithospheric mantle beneath the NCC, we calculated and compared equilibrium or closure temperatures for peridotite and pyroxenite xen...