Major and trace element, and Sr-Nd isotope constraints on the origin of Paleogene volcanism in South China prior to the South China Sea opening

Lithos

Volumn 40, Issue 2-4, 1997, Pages 203-220

  Chung, Sun Lin ^a   Cheng, Hai ^b,e   Jahn, Bor Ming ^c   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^d   Zhu, Bingquan ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimodal; Opening of South China Sea; Paleogene volcanism; South China

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001292099     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-4937(97)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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