From enriched to depleted mantle: Evidence from Cretaceous lamprophyres and Paleogene basaltic rocks in eastern and central Guangxi Province, western Cathaysia block of South China

Much of Eastern China underwent significant lithospheric thinning during Phanerozoic time. Compared to the wealth of detailed research on the destruction of the North China Craton since the Mesozoic, the lithospheric evolution of South China (including the Yangtze Craton and the Cathaysia block) is still unclear. In particular, studies of the western part of the Cathaysia block, which connects the Yangtze Craton in the west to the eastern...