Geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Yishak Volcanic Sequence, Kudi ophiolite, West Kunlun (NW China): Implications for the magmatic evolution in a subduction zone environment

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-211

  Yuan, Chao ^a   Sun, Min ^b   Zhou, Mei Fu ^b   Xiao, Wenjiao ^c   Zhou, Hui ^d  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL RECYCLING; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; OPHIOLITE; PETROGENESIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

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

EID: 27244458935     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-005-0012-0     Document Type: Article

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