Changing sources of magma generation beneath intra-oceanic island arcs: An insight from the juvenile Kohistan island arc, Pakistan Himalaya

Chemical Geology

Volumn 233, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 46-74

  Bignold, Stella M ^a   Treloar, Peter J ^a   Petford, Nick ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Kohistan; Rare earth element modelling; Stratigraphy; Subduction

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; ISLAND ARC; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; MELTING; MODELING; PLATE MOTION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; KOHISTAN; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33748065353     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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