Opening and evolution of the South China Sea constrained by studies on volcanic rocks: Preliminary results and a research design

YG Xu, JX Wei, HN Qiu, HH Zhang, XL Huang - Chinese Science Bulletin, 2012 - Springer
Abstract The South China Sea (SCS) is characterized by abundant seamounts, which
provide important information about the evolution of the SCS and related deep processes …

Recycled oceanic crust in the source of 90–40 Ma basalts in North and Northeast China: Evidence, provenance and significance

YG Xu - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
Major, trace element and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic data of basalts emplaced during 90–40 Ma in
the North and Northeast China are compiled in this review, with aims of constraining their …

The north Atlantic igneous province

AD Saunders, JG Fitton, AC Kerr… - Geophysical …, 1997 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
Abstract The North Atlantic Igneous Province extends from eastern Canada to the British
Isles, a pre-drift distance of almost 2000 km. The igneous rocks are predominantly basaltic …

Plume/lithosphere interaction in the generation of continental and oceanic flood basalts: chemical and isotopic constraints

JC Lassiter, DJ DePaolo - Geophysical Monograph-American …, 1997 - books.google.com
The association of hotspots and flood basalts has long been recognized [eg, Morgan, 1971].
Fluid-dynamic models [eg, Griffiths, 1986; Griffiths and Campbell, 1990] have produced a …

Role of lithosphere–asthenosphere interaction in the genesis of Quaternary alkali and tholeiitic basalts from Datong, western North China Craton

YG Xu, JL Ma, FA Frey, MD Feigenson, JF Liu - Chemical Geology, 2005 - Elsevier
The geochemistry of Quaternary volcanic rocks from Datong provides important constraints
on the petrogenesis of continental alkali and tholeiitic basalts and lithospheric evolution in …

Interaction between continental lithosphere and the Iceland plume—Sr-Nd-Pb isotope geochemistry of Tertiary basalts, NE Greenland

MF Thirlwall, BGJ Upton, C Jenkins - Journal of Petrology, 1994 - academic.oup.com
Volcanic rocks associated with Atlantic opening in northern east Greenland (73–76° N) form
a∼ 1-km thickness of basaltic lavas located on the coast some 400 km north of the major …

The role of pyroxenite in basalt genesis: Melt‐PX, a melting parameterization for mantle pyroxenites between 0.9 and 5 GPa

S Lambart, MB Baker, EM Stolper - Journal of Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Geochemical and isotopic data suggest that the source regions of oceanic basalts may
contain pyroxenite in addition to peridotite. In order to incorporate the wide range of …

Diachronous lithospheric thinning of the North China Craton and formation of the Daxin'anling–Taihangshan gravity lineament

YG Xu - Lithos, 2007 - Elsevier
The Daxin'anling–Taihangshan or North–South Gravity Lineament (NSGL) is an important
geologic zone within the North China Craton (NCC). Crustal elevation, morphology, crustal …

Geochemistry of Cenozoic basalts and mantle xenoliths in Northeast China

Y Chen, Y Zhang, D Graham, S Su, J Deng - Lithos, 2007 - Elsevier
Volcanic activity in Northeast China and adjacent regions is widespread, with eruption ages
ranging from Late Cretaceous (80 Ma) to about 300 years ago. Volcanic rock types are …

Enriched and depleted primitive melts included in olivine from Icelandic tholeiites: origin by continuous melting of a single mantle column

AA Gurenko, M Chaussidon - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 1995 - Elsevier
Iceland represents a type locality for mid-ocean ridge and plume-related magmatism. The
petrogenesis of Icelandic lavas, however, is complicated by high-level crustal fractionation …