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Title
Hainan mantle plume produced late Cenozoic basaltic rocks in Thailand, Southeast Asia
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008:
Author(s)
Yan, Quanshu
Shi, Xuefa
Liu, Shengfa
Xu, Taoyu
Kornkanitnan, Narumol
Sirichaiseth, Thanyapat
Yuan, Long
Zhang, Ying
Zhang, Hui
Publication Date
2018
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008
Open Access
Yes
Abstract
Intraplate volcanism initiated shortly after the cessation of Cenozoic seafloor spreading in the South China Sea (SCS) region, but the full extent of its influence on the Indochina block has not been well constrained. Here we present major and trace element data and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotope ratios of late Cenozoic basaltic lavas from the Khorat plateau and some volcanic centers in the Paleozoic Sukhothai arc terrane in Thailand. These volcanic rocks are mainly trachybasalts and basaltic trachyandesites. Trace element patterns and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotopic compositions show that these alkaline volcanic lavas exhibit oceanic island basalt (OIB)-like characteristics with enrichments in both large-ion lithophile elements (LILE) and high field strength elements (HFSEs). Their mantle source is a mixture between a depleted Indian MORB-type mantle and an enriched mantle type 2 (EMII). We suggest that the post-spreading intraplate volcanism in the SCS region was induced by a Hainan mantle plume which spread westwards to the Paleozoic Sukhothai arc terrane.
Publication Type
Journal Article
Source of Publication
Scientific Reports, v.8, p. 1-14
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Place of Publication
United Kingdom
ISSN
2045-2322
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020
Peer Reviewed
Yes
HERDC Category Description
Peer Reviewed
Yes
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