Thick, high-velocity crust in the Emeishan large igneous province, southwestern China: Evidence for crustal growth by magmatic underplating or intraplating

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 430, Issue , 2007, Pages 841-858

  Xu, Yi Gang ^a   He, Bin ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Emeishan; Mantle plumes; Petrologic modeling; Underplating; Uplift

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GASOLINE; THERMAL PLUMES; VELOCITY;

EMEISHAN; EMEISHAN LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; INTERMEDIATE ZONE; MANTLE PLUME; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; UNDERPLATING; UPLIFT;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LOWER CRUST; MANTLE PLUME; MELT; PERMIAN; PLUME; SEISMIC REFLECTION; UNDERPLATING; UPLIFT; UPPER CRUST; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

CHINA; CHUANDIAN; EMEISHAN; SICHUAN;

EID: 63749115635     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2430(39)     Document Type: Article

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