Intraplate magmatism and oceanic plate stratigraphy of the Paleo-Asian and Paleo-Pacific Oceans from 600 to 140 Ma

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-154

  Safonova, I Yu ^a  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Accretionary complex; Basalt; Geochemistry; Mantle plume; Paleo Asian ocean; Paleo Pacific ocean; Sedimentary rocks

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; ACTIVE TECTONICS; CENTRAL ASIA; GEOCHEMICAL FEATURES; INTEGRAL PARTS; INTRAPLATE BASALTS; MAGMATISM; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; MANTLE PLUME; MINERAL DEPOSITS; MUTUAL CORRELATIONS; NEOPROTEROZOIC; OCEANIC ISLANDS; OCEANIC PLATES; OCEANIC SEDIMENTS; ORE MINERALIZATIONS; OROGENIC BELTS; PALEO-ASIAN OCEAN; PALEO-PACIFIC OCEAN; RUSSIAN FAR EASTS; TIME GAPS;

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALOGY; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; THERMAL PLUMES; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; LITHOLOGY; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; RUSSIAN FAR EAST; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 63649151265     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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