Yarlung-Zangbo ophiolites revisited: From geological survey to mineral records

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 323-330

  Wang, Chengshan ^a,b   Li, Yalin ^b   Liu, Zhifei ^c   Liu, Xianghui ^b   Tang, Juxing ^b   Rejean, Hebert ^d   Cote, Dubois ^d   Varfalvy, V ^d   Huot, F ^e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

Author keywords

Ophiolite; Spinel; Suprasubduction; Yarlung Zangbo River

Indexed keywords

OPHIOLITE; PETROLOGY; SPINEL;

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

EID: 24944532886     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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