Ca. 1.5Ga mafic magmatism in South China during the break-up of the supercontinent Nuna/Columbia: The Zhuqing Fe-Ti-V oxide ore-bearing mafic intrusions in western Yangtze Block

Lithos

Volumn 168-169, Issue , 2013, Pages 85-98

  Fan, Hong Peng ^a,c   Zhu, Wei Guang ^a   Li, Zheng Xiang ^b   Zhong, Hong ^a   Bai, Zhong Jie ^a   He, De Feng ^a   Chen, Cai Jie ^d   Cao, Chong Yong ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Sichuan Bureau of Metallurgical Geology and Mineral Exploration   (China)

Author keywords

Fe Ti V oxide ore; Mafic intrusion; Mesoproterozoic; Supercontinent Nuna Columbia; Yangtze Block; Zircon and baddeleyite geochronology

Indexed keywords

BADDELEYITE; BASALT; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; GABBRO; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; IRON OXIDE; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; ORE DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC; SUPERCONTINENT; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; ZIRCON;

CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 84875143068     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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