Neopaleozoic mantle plume in southern Qiangtang, Tibet Plateau?-geochemical evidences from basic and ultrabasic rocks

Geological Bulletin of China

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1754-1772

  Wang, Ming ^a   Li, Cai ^a   Zhai, Qing Guo ^b   Peng, Shuai Ying ^a   Xie, Chao Ming ^a   Wu, Yan Wang ^a   Hu, Pei Yuan ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Mafic dyke swarm and basalt; Mantle plume; Picrite; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Southern Qiangtang

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875376815     PISSN: 16712552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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