Geochemistry of metabasalts and associated metasedimentary rocks from the Lushan Formation of the Upthrust Slate Belt, south-central Taiwan

International Geology Review

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Smith, Alan D ^a   Lewis, Charles ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CALCITE; CENOZOIC; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METABASALT; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MIOCENE; PILLOW LAVA; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33846516984     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.49.1.1     Document Type: Article

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