Heterogeneity of a plume axis: Bulk-rock geochemical evidence from picrites and basalts in the Emei large igneous province, southwest China

International Geology Review

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1087-1112

  Zengqian, Hou ^a   Jiren, Lu ^b   Shengzhong, Lin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANTLE PLUME; OCEANIC CRUST; PARTIAL MELTING; PICRITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33845746321     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.48.12.1087     Document Type: Article

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