Nature of the source regions for post-collisional, potassic magmatism in southern and northern Tibet from geochemical variations and inverse trace element modelling

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 555-607

  Williams, H M ^a   Turner, S P ^b   Pearce, J A ^c   Kelley, S P ^a   Harris, N B W ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extension; Lithospheric mantle; Magmatism; Tibet

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; PETROGENESIS; POTASSIC ROCK; SOURCE ROCK; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 1642569646     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egg094     Document Type: Article

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