Petrogenesis of cenozoic basalts from Vietnam: Implication for origins of a 'diffuse igneous province'

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 369-395

  Hoang, Nguyen ^a,b   Flower, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basalt; Cenozoic; Geochemistry; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CAINOZOIC; GEOCHEMISTRY;

VIETNAM;

EID: 0031818919     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/39.3.369     Document Type: Article

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