Adakites from continental collision zones: Melting of thickened lower crust beneath southern Tibet

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1021-1024

  Chung, Sun Lin ^a   Liu, Dunyi ^b   Ji, Jianqing ^c   Chu, Mei Fei ^a   Lee, Hao Yang ^a   Wen, Da Jen ^a   Lo, Ching Hua ^a   Lee, Tung Yi ^d   Qian, Qing ^e   Zhang, Qi ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Adakite; Continental collision; Lower crustal melting; Tibet

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

ADAKITE; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA; MELTING; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 0347478200     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19796.1     Document Type: Article

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