K-Ar dating, geochemical, and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic systematics of late Mesozoic mafic dikes, southern Jiangxi Province, Southeast China: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications

International Geology Review

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1023-1051

  Xie, Guiqing ^a,b,c   Hu, Ruizhong ^c   Mao, Jingwen ^b   Pirajno, Franco ^d   Li, Ruiling ^c   Cao, Jinjian ^c   Jiang, Guohao ^c   Zhao, Junhong ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; DIKE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD; MAFIC ROCK; MESOZOIC; NEODYMIUM; PETROGENESIS; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STRONTIUM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGXI;

LILE;

EID: 33750720903     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.48.11.1023     Document Type: Article

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