Re-Os isotopic compositions of picrites from the Emeishan flood basalt province, China

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 276, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 30-39

  Zhang, Zhaochong ^a   Zhi, Xiachen ^b   Chen, Lei ^b   Saunders, Andrew D ^c   Reichow, Marc K ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emeishan flood basalt province; picrite; plume; Re Os isotope; upper lower mantle boundary

Indexed keywords

EMEISHAN FLOOD BASALT PROVINCE; PICRITE; PLUME; RE-OS ISOTOPE; UPPER-LOWER MANTLE BOUNDARY;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; OSMIUM; RECYCLING; RHENIUM; THERMAL PLUMES;

BASALT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; OSMIUM; PICRITE; RHENIUM;

ASIA; CHINA; EMEISHAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIJIANG; SICHUAN; YUNNAN;

EID: 55549141493     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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