Continental tholeiitic basalt of the Akesu area (NW China) and its implication for the Neoproterozoic rifting in the northern Tarim;塔里木西北缘阿克苏地区大陆拉斑玄武岩对新元古代裂解事件的制约

Yanshi Xuebao/Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 547-558

  Wang, Fei ^a   Wang, Bo ^a   Shu, LiangShu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Continental tholeiitic basalt; Geochemistry; Neoproterozoic; Supercontinent breakup; Tarim block; Zircon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 85168645117     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: 20958927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.0000/52e61ffb51e44830a2f50a8a8cd5decd     Document Type: Article

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