Major element geochemistry of glass shards and minerals of the Youngest Toba Tephra in the southwestern South China Sea

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-107

  Liu, Zhifei ^a   Colin, Christophe ^b   Trentesaux, Alain ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Major elements; Petrogenesis; South China Sea; Youngest Toba Tephra (YTT)

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERAL DEPOSIT; PETROGENESIS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC GLASS;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 33745191192     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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