David W Peate
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China May 2006
In May 2006, Ingrid & I made our first trip to China. We went to the IAVCEI international conference on Continental Magmatism in Guangzhou, and then spent 10 days on the post-conference excursion to the Emeishan flood basalt province. Most of the trip was in Yunnan province in SW China, with a few days spent in southern Sichuan province, where the food was a bit more spicy.
Map of excursion route through the c. 260 Ma Emeishan flood basalt province (from the field guide written by Xigang Xu)
Emeishan fieldtrip participants:(back L to R) Hong Zhong, Noel Davin, Moti Stein, Mike McCurry, Yigang Xu, David Peate, Oded Navon, Richard Ernst, Eero Hanski.
(front L to R) Scott Bryan,
Marian Munteanu, Christian Tegner,
Ingrid Ukstins Peate, Zilong Li.
Bin He took the picture (from Yigang Xu).
accretionary lapilli 
there are three types of magma on Earth:silicate, carbonate, and coconut !
Emeishan flood basalt lavas in the Yangtze river valley
flow-aligned giant plagioclase basalt
one of the "miners" was cute ! 
Panzihua Fe-Ti-V mine
'Stone Forest' karst scenary near Kunming 
ploughing rice field with water buffalo 
rice plants up close 
rice planting 
yet another fine meal 
a light lunch, according to Yigang 
Lijang old town at night