Deep mantle structure and origin of Cenozoic intraplate volcanoes in Indochina, Hainan and South China Sea

• Published in: Geophysical journal international Vol. 225; no. 1; pp. 572 - 588
• Main Authors: Zhao, Dapeng, Toyokuni, Genti, Kurata, Kenkichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 01.04.2021
• Subjects: Mantle processes; Dynamics: convection currents, and mantle plumes; Intra-plate processes; Seismic tomography; Hotspots; Subduction

SUMMARY Cenozoic basalts with ages ranging from 28.5 to < 0.1 Ma are widely distributed in the Indochina block, the South China Sea basin and the Leiqiong area in South China including the Leizhou Peninsula and the northern Hainan Island, which form the southeastern Asian basalt province (SABP)....