Nd isotopic compositions of the Tethyan Himalayan Sequence in southeastern Tibet

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1306-1316

  Dai, JinGen ^a   Yin, An ^a,b   Liu, WenCan ^a   Wang, ChengShan ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Greater Himalayan Crystalline Complex; Himalayan orogen; Indian craton; Lhasa terrane; Sm Nd isotopic systematics; Tethyan Himalaya Sequence

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES;

CRYSTALLINE COMPLEXES; DETACHMENT FAULTING; GREATER HIMALAYAN CRYSTALLINE COMPLEX; HIMALAYA; HIMALAYAN OROGEN; INDIAN CRATON; INTENSE DEFORMATION; ISOTOP IC STUDIES; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; LHASA TERRANE; MAIN CENTRAL THRUST; SM-ND ISOTOPIC SYSTEMATICS; TETHYAN HIMALAYA SEQUENCE;

NEODYMIUM;

CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OROGENY; PALEOCURRENT; PROVENANCE; SAMARIUM; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUBMARINE FAN; TETHYS; TRIASSIC; TURBIDITE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 49749112683     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0103-7     Document Type: Article

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