Os, Nd and Sr isotope and trace element geochemistry of the Muli picrites: Insights into the mantle source of the Emeishan Large Igneous Province

Lithos

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 108-122

  Li, Jie ^a   Xu, Ji Feng ^a   Suzuki, Katsuhiko ^b   He, Bin ^a   Xu, Yi Gang ^a   Ren, Zhong Yuan ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basalt; Emeishan; Picrite; Plume; Re Os isotopes

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; FLOOD BASALT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MANTLE SOURCE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PICRITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHINA; EMEISHAN; SICHUAN;

EID: 77956469314     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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