The Tongde picritic dikes in the western Yangtze Block: Evidence for Ca. 800-Ma mantle plume magmatism in South China during the breakup of Rodinia

Journal of Geology

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 509-522

  Li, Xian Hua ^a   Zhu, Wei Guang ^a,b,c   Zhong, Hong ^a,b   Wang, Xuan Ce ^a   He, De Feng ^a,b   Bai, Zhong Jie ^a,b   Liu, Feng ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DIKE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PICRITE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RODINIA; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; JILIN; YANBIAN; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 77956022872     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655113     Document Type: Article

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