Mantle plume activity and melting conditions: Evidence from olivines in picritic- komatiitic rocks from the Emeishan large igneous province, southwestern China

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Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-176

  Zhang, Zhaochong ^a,b   Mao, Jingwen ^c   Wang, Fusheng ^a   Hao, Yanli ^a   Mahoney, John J ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; OLIVINE; PHENOCRYST;

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

EID: 27144533973     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2005/v28i3/003     Document Type: Article

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