Contribution of syncollisional felsic magmatism to continental crust growth: A case study of the Paleogene Linzizong volcanic Succession in southern Tibet

Chemical Geology

Volumn 250, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 49-67

  Mo, Xuanxue ^a   Niu, Yaoling ^b   Dong, Guochen ^a   Zhao, Zhidan ^a   Hou, Zengqian ^c   Zhou, Su ^a   Ke, Shan ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Continental collision; Linzizong volcanic succession; Net crustal growth; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FELSIC ROCK; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PALEOGENE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

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

EID: 41949130883     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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