Petrogenesis of Neoproterozoic bimodal volcanics in western Sichuan and its tectonic implications: Geochemical and Sm-Nd isotopic constraints

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 264-276

  Li, Xianhua ^a   Zhou, Hanwen ^a,b   Li, Zhengxiang ^c   Liu, Ying ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bimodal volcanic rocks; Neoproterozoic; Sm Nd isotopes; The Yangtze Block; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CHINA;

EID: 0036663919     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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