Triassic Nb-enriched basalts, magnesian andesites, and adakites of the Qiangtang terrane (Central Tibet): Evidence for metasomatism by slab-derived melts in the mantle wedge

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 473-490

  Wang, Qiang ^a   Wyman, Derek A ^b   Xu, Jifeng ^a   Wan, Yusheng ^c   Li, Chaofeng ^d   Zi, Feng ^a   Jiang, Ziqi ^a   Qiu, Huaning ^a   Chu, Zhuyin ^d   Zhao, Zhenhua ^a   Dong, Yanhui ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Adakite; Magnesian andesite; Nb enriched basalt; Subduction zone; Tibet; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ADAKITE; ANDESITE; BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METASOMATISM; NIOBIUM; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRIASSIC; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QIANGTANG BASIN; XIZANG;

EID: 39549109270     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-007-0253-1     Document Type: Article

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