Petrogenesis of volcanic rocks in the Sangxiu Formation, central segment of Tethyan Himalaya: A probable example of plume-lithosphere interaction

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 320-335

  Zhu, Dicheng ^a   Pan, Guitang ^a   Mo, Xuanxue ^b   Liao, Zhongli ^a   Jiang, Xinsheng ^a   Wang, Liquan ^a   Zhao, Zhidan ^b  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Petrogenesis; Sangxiu Formation; Tethyan Himalaya; Volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CONTINENTAL CRUST; HOT SPOT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PLUME; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PETROGENESIS; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33847012256     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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