The emeishan large igneous province originated from magmatism of a primitive mantle plus subducted slab

Geologiya i Geofizika

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 924-941

  Bing Quan, Zhu ^a   Yao Guo, Hu ^a   Xiang Yang, Chang ^a   Jin, Xie ^a   Zheng Wei, Zhang ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Emeishan large igneous province; Flood basalts; Mantle plume; Nd, Pb, and Sr isotopes; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; SLAB; TETHYS; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EMEISHAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN;

EID: 33747072845     PISSN: 00167886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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