Abstract
Small-volume alkali basaltic volcanism has occurred intermittently for the past + 30 My across a vast area of thick continental crust from southern Siberia, through Mongolia to northeast China. With a lack of evidence for Basin-and-Range-type crustal extension or rifting, models to explain the widely dispersed, yet long-lived, volcanism tend to favour involvement of one or more mantle plume(s). We examine the range of
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 415-424 |
Journal | Lithos |
Volume | 95 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |