Petrogenesis of tholeiite associations in Kudi ophiolite (western Kunlun Mountains, northwestern China): Implications for the evolution of back-arc basins

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 471-483

  Wang, Zhihong ^a   Sun, Shu ^a   Li, Jiliang ^a   Hou, Quanlin ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; MAGMATISM; OPHIOLITE; PETROGENESIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THOLEIITE;

CHINA; KUNLUN SHAN;

EID: 0036663991     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-002-0358-5     Document Type: Article

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