Tibetan tectonic evolution inferred from spatial and temporal variations in post-collisional magmatism

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 173-196

  Chung, Sun Lin ^a   Chu, Mei Fei ^a   Zhang, Yuquan ^b   Xie, Yingwen ^b   Lo, Ching Hua ^a   Lee, Tung Yi ^c   Lan, Ching Ying ^d   Li, Xianhua ^b   Zhang, Qi ^e   Wang, Yizhao ^f  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

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

^f Regional Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

Continental tectonics; Geochemistry; India Asia collision; Post collisional magmatism; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; MAGMATISM; PLATEAU; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 10444234981     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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