Major element, trace element, and Sr, Nd and Pb isotope studies of Cenozoic basalts from the South China Sea

• Published in: Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Yan QuanShu, Shi Xuefa, Wang KunShan, Bu WenRui, Xiao Long
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Cenozoic Alkali Basalt; Dupal Anomaly; Hainan Mantle Plume; The South China Sea; Geochemistry; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Gakkel Ridge
• Online Access: http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/5085; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-008-0026-3

The whole rock K-Ar ages of basalts from the South China Sea basin vary from 3.8 to 7.9 Ma, which suggest that intra-plate volcanism after the cessation of spreading of the South China Sea (SCS) is comparable to that in adjacent regions around the SCS, i.e., Leiqiong Peninsula, northern margin of th...