U-Pb geochronology and geochemistry of the dashibao basalts in the songpan-ganzi terrane, sw china, with implications for the age of emeishan volcanism

American Journal of Science

Volumn 310, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1054-1080

  Zi, Jian Wei ^c   Fan, Wei Ming ^a   Wang, Yue Jun ^a   Cawood, Peter A ^b   Peng, Tou Ping ^a   Sun, Lin Hua ^a   Xu, Zhen Qiang ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PERMIAN; PETROGRAPHY; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

CHINA; SICHUAN; SONGPAN;

EID: 79952800561     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/09.2010.11     Document Type: Article

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