Upper Paleozoic Basalts in the Southern Yangtze Block: Geochemical and Sr-Nd Isotopic Evidence for Asthenosphere-Lithosphere Interaction and Opening of the Paleo-Tethyan Ocean

International Geology Review

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 332-346

  Guo, Feng ^a   Fan, Wei Ming ^a   Wang, Yue Jun ^a   Li, Chao Wen ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOZOIC; PASSIVE MARGIN; PETROGENESIS; TETHYS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 2342585365     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.46.4.332     Document Type: Article

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