A Late Permian basalt - phonolite suite from Longzhoushan in the Panxi rift zone

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 358-365

  Mei, Houjun ^a   Xu, Yigang ^a   Xu, Jifeng ^a   Huang, Xiaolong ^a   He, Duancheng ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Panxi Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

Basalt phonolite suite; Emeishan basalt formation; Mantle plumes; Panxi rift; Rift related magmatism

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; PERMIAN; PHONOLITE; RIFT ZONE;

CHINA; PANXI RIFT; SICHUAN PROVINCE;

EID: 0141459817     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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