Petrological and geochemical evidence for the origin of the Yarlung Zangbo ophiolites, southern Tibet

Chemical Geology

Volumn 214, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 265-286

  Dubois Côté, Viviane ^a   Hebert R ^a   Dupuis, C ^a   Wang, C S ^b   Li, Y L ^b   Dostal, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ophiolites; Suprasubduction; Tethys; Tibet

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; OPHIOLITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TETHYS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDUS-YARLUNG SUTURE ZONE; WORLD;

EID: 12344262011     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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