Partial melting of thickened tibetan crust: Geochemical evidence from Cenozoic adakitic volcanic rocks

International Geology Review

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-373

  Lai, Shao Cong ^a   Qin, Jiang Feng ^a   Li, Yong Fei ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAKITE; CENOZOIC; CRUST; ECLOGITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMATISM; NEOGENE; PALEOGENE; PARTIAL MELTING; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SUTURE ZONE; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

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

EID: 34247368848     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.49.4.357     Document Type: Article

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