Cretaceous-Paleogene basaltic rocks of the Tuyon basin, NW China and the Kyrgyz Tian Shan: The trace of a small plume

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Volumn 50, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 191-215

  Sobel, Edward R ^a   Arnaud, Nicolas ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Geochronology; Kyrgyzstan; Plume; Tian Shan

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME;

CHINA; KYRGYZSTAN;

EID: 0034018148     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00046-8     Document Type: Article

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