Cenozoic volcanism and mantle plume along southeast coast of China

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 781-788

  Zhao, Hailing ^a,b   Di, Yongjun ^b   Liu, Zhenwen ^b   Li, Jian ^c   Deng, Jinfu ^b   He, Gongsuan ^d   Liu, Qinghua ^b  

^a Key Lab of Lithosphere Tectonics and Lithoprobing Tech of the Min of Education Univ of Geosci   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^d Museum of Natural Science   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cenozoic volcanism; Mantle plume; Pacific Ocean plate subduction; Volcanic chain

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 22544468091     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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