Petrogenesis of volcanic rocks from Xixiang Group in middle part of South Qinling Mountains

Northwestern Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1-37

  Xia, Lin Qi ^a   Xia, Zu Chun ^a   Ma, Zhong Ping ^a   Xu, Xue Yi ^a   Li, Xiang Min ^a  

^a XI AN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal contamination; Mid neoproterozoic rift related volcanic rocks; Petrogenesisj mantle plume; Petrogeochemistry; South Qinling Mountains; Xixiang Group

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGMA; MANTLE PLUME; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; RODINIA; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

EID: 70350772510     PISSN: 10096248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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