The South Ladakh ophiolites (NW Himalaya, India): An intra-oceanic tholeiitic arc origin with implication for the closure of the Neo-Tethys

Chemical Geology

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 273-303

  Mahéo, Gweltaz ^a   Bertrand, Hervé ^a   Guillot, Stéphane ^a   Villa, Igor M ^b   Keller, Francine ^c   Capiez, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b Isotopengeologie   (Switzerland)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Intra oceanic arc; Ladakh Zanskar; Neo Tethys; Ophiolites

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; OPHIOLITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TETHYS;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; LADAKH HIMALAYAS;

EID: 1342289451     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2003.10.007     Document Type: Article

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