Geochemical diversity in oceanic basalts hosted by the Zasur'ya accretionary complex, NW Russian Altai, Central Asia: Implications from trace elements and Nd isotopes

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-207

  Safonova, I Yu ^a,b   Sennikov, N V ^c   Komiya, T ^d   Bychkova, Y V ^e   Kurganskaya, E V ^a  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^c TROFIMUK INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Late Cambrian Early Ordovician; Mantle plume; Oceanic floor; Oceanic island; Paleo Asian Ocean

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; MELTING; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; ORDOVICIAN; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEAFLOOR; SHEAR ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; THOLEIITIC BASALT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALTAY [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 79960936194     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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