Geochemical and Hf-Nd isotope data of Nanhua rift sedimentary and volcaniclastic rocks indicate a Neoproterozoic continental flood basalt provenance

Lithos

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 427-440

  Wang, Xuan Ce ^a,b   Li, Zheng Xiang ^a   Li, Xian Hua ^b   Li, Qiu Li ^b   Zhang, Qi Rui ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Continental flood basalts; Hf Nd isotopes; Nanhua Rift Basin; Neoproterozoic; Provenance; Rodinia

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; RIFT ZONE; RODINIA; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

AUSTRALIA; CHINA; NANHUA RIFT;

EID: 80155214144     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.09.020     Document Type: Article

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