Geochemical characteristics of Cretaceous basaltic rocks in South China and constraints on Pacific plate subduction

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2104-2117

  Chen, Weifeng ^a   Chen, Peirong ^a   Xu, Xisheng ^a   Zhang, Min ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Basalt; Cretaceous basins; Imprint of subducted plate; Rifting; South China

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BASALT; ISOTOPES; POTASSIUM; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ASTHENOSPHERE UPWELLING; CRETACEOUS BASALTIC ROCKS; LITHOSHPERIC MANTLE; VOLCANIC-SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BASALT; CONTINENTAL ARC; CRETACEOUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE SOURCE; PACIFIC PLATE; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUBDUCTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUJIAN; GUANGDONG; HUNAN; JIANGXI; WUYI MOUNTAIN; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 33845706326     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04yd0149     Document Type: Article

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