The Willouran basic province of South Australia: Its relation to the Guibei large igneous province in South China and the breakup of Rodinia

Lithos

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 569-584

  Wang, Xuan Ce ^a,b,c   Li, Xian Hua ^a   Li, Zheng Xiang ^b   Liu, Ying ^d   Yang, Yue Heng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Australia; Large igneous province; Mantle plume; Neoproterozoic; Rodinia; South China; Willouran Basic Province; Wooltana basalts

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DIKE; FLOOD BASALT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT;

AUSTRALIA; CHINA; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 77956893703     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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