Chalcophile element geochemistry and petrogenesis of high-Ti and low-Ti magmas in the Permian Emeishan large igneous province, SW China

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-254

  Wang, Christina Yan ^a,b   Zhou, Mei Fu ^b   Qi, Liang ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Fractionation of olivine and chromite; High Ti and low Ti mafic rocks; PGE distribution; Sulfide saturation

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; FRACTIONATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA; OLIVINE; PERMIAN; PETROGENESIS; SATURATION; SULFIDE; TITANIUM;

CHINA; EMEISHAN; SICHUAN;

EID: 78651235338     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-010-0529-8     Document Type: Article

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