Genesis of zircon megacrysts in Cenozoic alkali basalts and the heterogeneity of subcontinental lithospheric mantle, Eastern China

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-94

  Yu, Yao ^a   Xu, Xisheng ^a   Chen, Xiaoming ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BASALT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; HETEROGENEITY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD ISOTOPE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE SOURCE; MEGACRYST; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ALKALI BASALT; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; MAGMA; METASOMATISM; PLAGIOCLASE; UPPER MANTLE; ZIRCON;

CHANGLE; CHINA; FUJIAN; HAINAN; PENGLAI; SHANDONG;

EID: 77956191162     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-010-0120-z     Document Type: Article

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