Hf isotopic characteristics of the Tarim Permian large igneous province rocks of NW China: Implication for the magmatic source and evolution

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 191-202

  Li, Zilong ^a   Li, Yinqi ^a   Chen, Hanlin ^a   Santosh, M ^b   Yang, Shufeng ^a   Xu, Yigang ^c   Langmuir, Charles H ^d   Chen, Zhongxing ^d   Yu, Xing ^e   Zou, Siyuan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SECOND INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Basalt; Geochemistry; Hf isotope; Intrusive rock; Magma source and evolution; Permian; Tarim large igneous province

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; BASALT; CORRELATION; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; DIABASE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MANTLE SOURCE; OLIVINE; PARTIAL MELTING; PERMIAN; PYROXENITE;

PITCAIRN;

EID: 84862815736     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.11.021     Document Type: Article

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