Phanerozoic lower crustal growth from heterogeneous mantle beneath the North China Craton: Insights from the diverse Hannuoba pyroxenite xenoliths

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• pyroxenite 100%
• Phanerozoic 91%
• xenolith 89%
• craton 77%
• magma 63%
• mantle 61%
• isotopic composition 42%
• underplating 40%
• crust 37%
• cumulate 37%
• continental crust 32%
• rare earth element 28%
• basalt 27%
• geothermometry 21%
• basement rock 18%
• granulite 18%
• mid-ocean ridge basalt 17%
• mantle source 17%
• pyroxene 16%
• lower crust 16%
• partial melting 15%
• fractionation 13%
• crystallization 13%
• chemical composition 13%
• texture 12%
• isotope 12%
• crystal 11%
• young 11%
• material 6%
• temperature 6%

Chemical Compounds

• Crystalline Texture 80%
• Fractionation 73%
• Isotope 71%
• Melting 71%
• Crystallization 57%