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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Main Authors: Wang, X.-C., Li, X.-H, Li, W.-X., Li, Zheng-Xiang, Ying , L., Yang, Y.-H., Liang, X.-R., Tu, X.-L.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Geological Society of America 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18367