Lower continental crust formation through focused flow in km-scale melt conduits: The zoned ultramafic bodies of the Chilas Complex in the Kohistan island arc (NW Pakistan)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 242, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 320-342

  Jagoutz, Oliver ^a   Muntener O ^b   Burg, J P ^a   Ulmer, P ^a   Jagoutz, E ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Island arc; Kohistan arc; Melt channels; Ultramafic complexes

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; KOHISTAN ARC; MELT CHANNELS; ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEXES;

CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; PETROLOGY; SAMARIUM COMPOUNDS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; MAGMATISM; MELTING; UNDERPLATING;

ASIA; EURASIA; KOHISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 32344439537     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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