Postcollisional calc-alkaline lavas and xenoliths from the southern Qiangtang terrane, central Tibet

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 28-38

  Ding, Lin ^a   Kapp, Paul ^b   Yue, Yahui ^a   Lai, Qingzhou ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracontinental subduction; Postcollisional volcanism; Tibetan plateau; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

INTRACONTINENTAL SUBDUCTION; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; POSTCOLLISIONAL VOLCANISM; TIBETAN PLATEAU; XENOLITHS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

VOLCANOES;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; LAVA; MANTLE SOURCE; PARTIAL MELTING; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; VOLCANIC ROCK; XENOLITH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 33846364306     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.11.019     Document Type: Article

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