Magmatic compositions and source terranes estimated from melt inclusions in detrital Cr-rich spinels: An example from mid-Cretaceous sandstones in the eastern Tethys Himalaya

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 295-309

  Zhu, Bin ^a   Delano, John W ^a   Kidd, William S F ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Detrital spinel; Himalaya; Melt inclusions; Mid Cretaceous; Rajmahal Basalts

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM-RICH SPINEL; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; OXYGEN FUGACITY; PALEO-TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTIONS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EARTH (PLANET); OXIDATION; QUENCHING; TECTONICS;

CHROMIUM;

BASALT; CHROME SPINEL; CRETACEOUS; MELT INCLUSION; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD; XIZANG;

EID: 18244408282     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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