Differentiation of the emeishan flood basalts at the base and throughout the crust of Southwest China

International Geology Review

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 471-477

  Zhu, Dan ^a   Luo, Tai Yi ^a   Gao, Zhen Min ^a   Zhu, Chen Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST; FLOOD BASALT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; PERMIAN; PETROLOGY; TRIASSIC;

(SOUTHWEST); CHINA;

EID: 0042239367     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.45.5.471     Document Type: Article

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