Cenozoic volcanic rocks in the Belog Co area, Qiangtang, northern Tibet, China: Petrochemical evidence for partial melting of the mantle-crust transition zone

Chinese Journal of Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-311

  Lai, Shaocong ^a   Qin, Jiangfeng ^a   Li, Yongfeng ^a   Liu, Xin ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cenozoic volcanic rock; Major and trace elements; Mantle crust transition zone; Qinghai Tibet Plateau

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

COMAGMATIC FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; CRUST-MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; PARTIAL MELTING;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CENOZOIC; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PARTIAL MELTING; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TRANSITION ZONE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

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

EID: 35148866621     PISSN: 10009426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11631-007-0305-2     Document Type: Article

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