Discovery of the Paleo-Tethys residual peridotites along the Anyemaqen-KunLun suture zone (North Tibet)

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 335, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 709-719

  Konstantinovskaia, Elena A ^a   Brunel, Maurice ^b   Malavieille, Jacques ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

KunLun; Lherzolite; Mantle material; Oceanic residual peridotite; Paleo Tethys Ocean; Plastic deformation; Tibet

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LHERZOLITE; MANTLE SOURCE; PERIDOTITE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SUTURE ZONE; TETHYS;

ANYEMAQEN-KUNLUN SUTURE ZONE; CHINA; TIBET;

EID: 0141940717     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0713(03)00118-4     Document Type: Article

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