Major element, trace element, and Sr, Nd and Pb isotope studies of Cenozoic basalts from the South China Sea

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 550-566

  Yan, QuanShu ^a,b   Shi, XueFa ^a   Wang, KunShan ^a   Bu, WenRui ^a   Xiao, Long ^c  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cenozoic alkali basalt; Dupal anomaly; Geochemistry; Hainan mantle plume; The South China Sea

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; PETROGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CENOZOIC ALKALI BASALT; DUPAL ANOMALY; HAINAN MANTLE PLUME;

BASALT;

ALKALI BASALT; CENOZOIC; CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMA CHAMBER; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; PARTIAL MELTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EURASIAN BASIN; FAR EAST; GAKKEL RIDGE; HAINAN; INDOCHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 41549155099     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0026-3     Document Type: Article

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