Magnetostratigraphic constraints on two-stage eruptions of the Emeishan continental flood basalts

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Zheng, Liandi ^a   Yang, Zhenyu ^a   Tong, Yabo ^b   Yuan, Wei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Emeishan large igneous province; eruption; magnetostratigraphy; Middle Late Permian; southwest China Vietnam

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY;

ERUPTION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; LATE PERMIAN; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; SOUTHWEST CHINA;

BASALT;

DEMAGNETIZATION; FLOOD BASALT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PERMIAN; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CHINA; VIET NAM;

EID: 79251573852     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003267     Document Type: Article

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