First field evidence of southward ductile flow of Asian crust beneath southern Tibet

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 727-730

  King, Jess ^a   Harris, Nigel ^a   Argles, Tom ^a   Parrish, Randy ^b,c   Charlier, Bruce ^a   Sherlock, Sarah ^a   Zhang, Hong Fei ^d  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Channel flow; Himalaya; Isotope geochemistry; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL MELT; DUCTILE FLOW; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY;

CHANNEL FLOW; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; MELTING;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DIKE SWARM; GNEISS; INDIAN PLATE; LITHOSPHERE; TECTONICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 34248215561     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23630A.1     Document Type: Article

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