@article {LI2012278,
	title = {Platinum-group elements and geochemical characteristics of the Permian continental flood basalts in the Tarim Basin, northwest China: Implications for the evolution of the Tarim Large Igneous Province},
	journal = {Chemical Geology},
	volume = {328},
	year = {2012},
	note = {Geochemical Perspectives on Mantle Dynamics and Plate Interactions in Asia: A Special Issue in Honor/Memory of Dr. Shen-su Sun},
	pages = {278 - 289},
	abstract = {Permian continental flood basalts (CFBs), as a main component for Tarim Large Igneous Province (TLIP), are widely distributed in the western and central parts of the Tarim Basin. Here we present a systematic study of platinum-group elements (PGEs) combined with conventional major, trace and Sr{\textendash}Nd isotopic geochemistry to characterize the Tarim CFBs from the Yingan section in the Keping area, west of the Tarim Basin. The basaltic units with a total thickness of ca. 400m in the section can be divided into two basaltic sequences: the lower Kupukuziman and the upper Kaipaizileike sequences. Both of the sequences display extremely low PGE concentrations, with Os, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pt and Pd contents of 0.014{\textendash}0.106, 0.007{\textendash}0.072, 0.035{\textendash}0.253, 0.011{\textendash}0.078, 0.043{\textendash}0.149 and 0.026{\textendash}0.124ppb, respectively. The Keping basalts exhibit a marked increase in Cu/Pd ratios (>105) albeit with a narrow range of lower Pd/Ir ratios (,
	keywords = {Continental flood basalts, Low-degree partial melting, Platinum-group elements, Sulfur saturation, Tarim Large Igneous Province},
	issn = {0009-2541},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.03.007},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009254112001246},
	author = {Yin-Qi Li and Zi-Long Li and Ya-Li Sun and Santosh, M. and Charles H. Langmuir and Han-Lin Chen and Shu-Feng Yang and Zhong-Xing Chen and Xing Yu}
}
