U-Th systematics of dispersed young volcanoes in NE China: Asthenosphere upwelling caused by piling up and upward thickening of stagnant Pacific slab

Chemical Geology

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 134-142

  Zou, Haibo ^a   Fan, Qicheng ^b   Yao, Yupeng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Institute of Geology China Earthquake Administration   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Basalts; Magma residence time; Melt generation; Pacific slab; U Th disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; PARTIAL MELTING; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; UPWELLING; URANIUM ISOTOPE; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEILONGJIANG; LONGGANG; TIANCHI VOLCANO; WUDALIANCHI; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 50449097571     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.06.022     Document Type: Article

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