Permian flood basalts from the tarim basin, northwest china: Shrimp zircon u-pb dating and geochemical characteristics

Gondwana Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 485-497

  Yu, Xing ^a,b,c   Yang, Shu Feng ^b   Chen, Han Lin ^b   Chen, Zhong Qiang ^a   Li, Zi Long ^b   Batt, Geoffrey E ^a   Li, Yin Qi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Key Laboratory of Submarine Geoscience State Oceanic Administration Second Institute of Oceanography   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Magma evolution; Permian flood basalts; SHRIMP dating; Tarim Basin

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; PERMIAN; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 79960323789     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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