Petrological and Geochemical Constraints on the Origin of Early Cretaceous Volcanic Rocks in the Central‐East Asia: Implications for Crustal Growth and Evolution

New petrological and geochemical data for Early Cretaceous volcanic rocks in the North China Craton (NCC) combined with published data of cotemporaneous volcanic rocks in the NCC and eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (ECAOB) are used to understand their petrogenesis and crustal growth and evolution. Early Cretaceous volcanic rocks in the NCC show characteristics typical of continental crust, with negative Nb and Ta anomalies, and enrichment of...