Enriched and depleted characters of the Amnay Ophiolite upper crustal section and the regionally heterogeneous nature of the South China Sea mantle

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 107-117

  Perez, Americus d C ^a   Faustino Eslava, Decibel V ^b   Yumul, Graciano P ^c,d   Dimalanta, Carla B ^a   Tamayo, Rodolfo A ^a   Yang, Tsanyao Frank ^e   Zhou, Mei Fu ^f  

^a University of the Philippines   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^c DOST   (Philippines)

^d Monte Oro Resources and Energy Inc   (Philippines)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Amnay Ophiolite; Enriched mid oceanic ridge basalts; Mantle source heterogeneity; South China Sea mantle

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAFIC ROCK; MANTLE SOURCE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MIXING; OLIGOCENE; OPHIOLITE; SEAFLOOR; SEAMOUNT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

MINDORO; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84875064617     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.09.023     Document Type: Article

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