Geochemical characteristics and geologic implications of Cenozoic basalts, east Altai, Xinjiang

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1730-1738

  Zhang, YuanYuan ^a   Guo, ZhaoJie ^a   Liu, Chang ^a   Xu, WenQian ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Altai; Cenozoic basalts; Enriched mantle; Geochemistry; Tectonic setting

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ALTAI; CENOZOIC; CENOZOIC VOLCANIC ROCKS; ENRICHED MANTLE; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; ND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; TECTONIC SETTINGS;

BASALT;

BASALT; CENOZOIC; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84977987196     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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