Review of the link between the hongge layered intrusion and emeishan flood basalts, southwest China

International Geology Review

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 971-985

  Zhong, H ^a   Hu, R Z ^a   Wilson, A H ^b   Zhu, W G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LAYERED INTRUSION; PERMIAN;

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

EID: 25444435159     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.47.9.971     Document Type: Article

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