Miocene volcanism in the Lhasa block, Tibet: Spatial trends and geodynamic implications

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 227-243

  Nomade, Sébastien ^a,b   Renne, Paul R ^a,b   Mo, Xuanxue ^c   Zhao, Zhidan ^c   Zhou, Su ^c  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Argon argon; Calc alkaline; East west extension; Miocene; Shoshonitic; Slab deepening; Ultrapotassic; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEODYNAMICS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MIOCENE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LHASA; XIZANG;

EID: 2342424800     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(04)00072-X     Document Type: Article

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