the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB411405);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40672062);the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (Grant No. 20050359013);the Scientific Research Project of CODES, Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits, University of Tasmania (Grant No. CODES2006N2.3);the Anhui Public Geologic Projects (Grant No. 2005-48, 2007-1);the Anhui Provincial Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant Nos. 08040106907, 04045063)
The Lu-Zong (Lujiang-Zongyang) basin is one of the most important volcanic basins in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River area, China. It comprises four shoshonitic volcanic units, which are, in an ascend...