Petrology and geochemistry of mafic rocks from mélange and flysch units adjacent to the Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone, southern Tibet

Chemical Geology

Volumn 214, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 287-308

  Dupuis, C ^a   Hebert R ^a   Dubois Cote V ^a   Wang, C S ^b   Li, Y L ^b   Li, Z J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Intraplate; M langes; Ophiolites; Supra subduction; Tibet

Indexed keywords

FLYSCH; GEOCHEMISTRY; MELANGE; OPHIOLITE; PETROLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

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

EID: 12344298711     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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