Chemostratigraphic correlation of upper permian lavas from yunnan province, China: Extent of the emeishan large igneous province

International Geology Review

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 753-766

  Xiao, Long ^a   Xu, Yi Gang ^a   Chung, Sun Lin ^a   He, Bin ^a   Mei, Houjun ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; FLOOD BASALT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LAVA FLOW; PERMIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

CHINA; YUNNAN PROVINCE;

EID: 0142187144     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.45.8.753     Document Type: Article

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