The breakup of Rodinia: Did it start with a mantle plume beneath South China?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-181

  Li, Z X ^a   Li, X H ^b   Kinny, P D ^c   Wang, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Mantle plumes; Neoproterozoic; Rodinia; South China Block; Supercontinents; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; MANTLE PLUME; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT;

CHINA;

EID: 0033619608     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00240-X     Document Type: Article

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