Implications of basalt major element compositions for melting beneath Indochina: Response to reorganised spreading and thermally-anomalous asthenosphere;Implications des compositions des basaltes en éléments majeurs pour la fusion sous l'Indochine : Réponse à la réorganisation de l'ouverture et à une asthénosphére thermique anormale

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 773-784

  Flower, Martin ^a   Nguyen, Hoang ^a,b   Nguyen, Xuan Bao ^c   Nguyen, Trong Yem ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Geological Survey Division No 6   (Viet Nam)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Basalt; Indochina; Lithosphere; Major elements; Mantle fertility; Melting; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; INTRAPLATE MAGMATISM; MELTING;

VIETNAM;

EID: 0030432755     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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