Origin of Late Permian amphibole syenite from the Panxi area, SW China: high degree fractional crystallization of basaltic magma in the inner zone of the Emeishan mantle plume

The c.a. 259–260 Ma Emeishan mantle plume caused extensive flood basalts and associated peralkaline rocks; petrogenesis of these peralkaline rocks can provide detailed information about the melting process in the mantle. In this paper, we present detailed petrology, chronology, major and trace element geochemistry, Sr-Nd isotope and in situ zircon Hf isotope for an amphibole syenite from Panxi area, inner zone of the Emeishan large Igneous...