Variable involvements of mantle plumes in the genesis of mid-Neoproterozoic basaltic rocks in South China: A review

Gondwana Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 381-395

  Wang, Xuan Ce ^a,b   Li, Xian Hua ^a   Li, Wu Xian ^b   Li, Zheng Xiang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mantle plume; Neoproterozoic basaltic rocks; Rodinia; South China; Subcontinental lithosphere mantle

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; RODINIA; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

CHINA; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 62949245665     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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