Some basic concepts and problems on the petrogenesis of intra-plate ocean island basalts

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 4148-4160

  Niu, Yaoling ^a,b,c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Intra plate magmatism; Mantle metasomatism; Mantle source heterogeneity; Ocean islands; Seismic low velocity zone processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 74549166408     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0668-3     Document Type: Review

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