Reassessment of petrogenesis of Carboniferous-Early Permian rift-related volcanic rocks in the Chinese Tianshan and its neighboring areas

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 445-471

  Xia, Linqi ^a   Xu, Xueyi ^a   Li, Xiangmin ^a   Ma, Zhongping ^a   Xia, Zuchun ^a  

^a XI AN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Carboniferous Early Permian rift related volcanism; Lithosphere contamination; Mantle plume; Tianshan Tarim (central Asia) large igneous province

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ASTHENOSPHERE; CARBONIFEROUS; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; MINERALIZATION; PERMIAN; PETROGENESIS; PHANEROZOIC; RIFTING; UNCONFORMITY; UPWELLING; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84862788060     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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