Permian flood basalts and mafic intrusions in the Jinping (SW China)-Song Da (northern Vietnam) district: Mantle sources, crustal contamination and sulfide segregation

Chemical Geology

Volumn 243, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 317-343

  Wang, Christina Yan ^a   Zhou, Mei Fu ^a   Qi, Liang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Emeishan large igneous province; Flood basalts; Geochemistry; Mafic intrusions; Northern Vietnam; SW China

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; FLOOD BASALT; GABBRO; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAFIC ROCK; MANTLE SOURCE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; PARTIAL MELTING; PERMIAN; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SULFIDE; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ASIA; CHINA; EMEISHAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 34447638697     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.05.017     Document Type: Article

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