Eocene high-MgO volcanism in southern Tibet: New constraints for mantle source characteristics and deep processes

Lithos

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 63-72

  Gao, Yongfeng ^a   Wei, Ruihua ^a   Hou, Zengqian ^b   Tian, Shihong ^c   Zhao, Rongsheng ^d  

^a HEBEI GEO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d Hebei Bureau of Land and Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Mafic volcanism; Slab breakoff; Tibetan plateau; Underplating

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; EOCENE; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGNESIUM; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; SLAB; THOLEIITIC BASALT; TRACE ELEMENT; UNDERPLATING; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANGDISE MOUNTAINS; XIZANG;

EID: 51649098147     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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