Petrology of the dykes from the Waziristan Ophiolite, NW Pakistan

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 369-377

  Khan, Said Rahim ^a   Jan, M Qasim ^b   Khan, Tahseenullah ^a   Khan, M Asif ^c  

^a Geological Survey of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Back arc basin; Dykes; Geochemistry; Suture zone; Waziristan Ophiolite

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; DIKE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; INDIAN PLATE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NAPPE; OPHIOLITE; PETROLOGY; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33847047939     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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