Geochemical steep zones and resources systems of mantle plumes

Bulletin of Mineralogy Petrology and Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-293

  Zhu, Bing quan ^a   Chang, Xiang yang ^a,c   Hu, Yao guo ^a   Zhang, Zheng wei ^a,b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flood basalts; Geochemical steep zones; Mantle plume; Metallogenesis

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION;

EID: 1642439145     PISSN: 10072802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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