Platinum-group elements and geochemical characteristics of the Permian continental flood basalts in the Tarim Basin, northwest China: Implications for the evolution of the Tarim Large Igneous Province

Chemical Geology

Volumn 328, Issue , 2012, Pages 278-289

  Li, Yin Qi ^a   Li, Zi Long ^a   Sun, Ya Li ^b   Santosh, M ^c   Langmuir, Charles H ^d   Chen, Han Lin ^a   Yang, Shu Feng ^a   Chen, Zhong Xing ^d   Yu, Xing ^e  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SECOND INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Continental flood basalts; Low degree partial melting; Platinum group elements; Sulfur saturation; Tarim Large Igneous Province

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC MAGMA; CHALCOPHILE ELEMENTS; CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT; EASTERN TIANSHAN; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GREENLAND; ISOTOPIC GEOCHEMISTRY; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; LATE STAGE; MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMA MIXING; MAGMATIC EVOLUTION; MANTLE SOURCE; NORTHWEST CHINA; PARENT MAGMAS; PARTIAL MELTING; PERMIAN; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT; SIBERIAN TRAPS; SR-ND ISOTOPES; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TARIM BASIN;

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRIDIUM; ISOTOPES; MELTING; NEODYMIUM; ORE DEPOSITS; OSMIUM; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RHODIUM; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENTS;

STRONTIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMA ASSIMILATION; MANTLE SOURCE; MIXING; ORE DEPOSIT; PARTIAL MELTING; PERMIAN; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SATURATION; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENT;

BEISHAN; CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84866511199     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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