The Beimarang mélange (southern Tibet) brings additional constraints in assessing the origin, metamorphic evolution and obduction processes of the Yarlung Zangbo ophiolite

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 307-322

  Huot, François ^a   Hébert, Réjean ^b   Varfalvy, Véronika ^a   Beaudoin, Georges ^b   Wang, Chengshan ^c   Liu, Zhifei ^d   Cotten, Jo ^a   Dostal, Jaroslav ^e  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

M langes; Obduction; Ophiolites; Supra subduction; Tibet

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MELANGE; METAMORPHISM; OBDUCTION; OPHIOLITE; SERPENTINITE; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 0037203198     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(02)00053-6     Document Type: Article

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