The Bikou basalts in the northwestern Yangtze block, South China: Remnants of 820-810 Ma continental fl ood basalts?
Mantle plume or superplume activities have often been invoked as a cause for the breakup of the Neoproterozoic supercontinent Rodinia. However, associated Neoproterozoic continental flood basalts, a requisite product of mantle plume ac tivities, have rarely been identified. New sensitive high-resolu...
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Format: | Journal Article |
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Geological Society of America
2008
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18367 |