Geologic, geochemical, and geophysical consequences of plume involvement in the Emeishan flood-basalt province

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 917-920

  Xu, Yi Gang ^a   He, Bin ^a   Chung, Sun Lin ^b   Menzies, Martin A ^c   Frey, Frederick A ^d  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emeishan basalt; Geochemistry; Geophysics; Paleogeography; Plume lithosphere interaction

Indexed keywords

DOMAL STRUCTURES; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

CARBONATES; EROSION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOPHYSICS; SEDIMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BASALT;

FLOOD BASALT; HOT SPOT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MANTLE PLUME;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EMEISHAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN; WORLD;

EID: 7444262777     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20602.1     Document Type: Article

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