Geochronology and geochemistry of the c. 80 Ma Rutog granitic pluton, northwestern Tibet: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Lhasa Terrane

Geological Magazine

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 845-857

  Zhao, Tai Ping ^a   Zhou, Mei Fu ^b   Zhao, Jun Hong ^b   Zhang, Kai Jun ^a   Chen, Wei ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gangdese magmatic arc; I type granite; Late Cretaceous; Lhasa Terrane; Rutog

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; RARE EARTHS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCON;

CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; HIGH FIELD STRENGTH ELEMENTS; LARGE ION LITHOPHILE ELEMENTS; LATE CRETACEOUS; LHASA TERRANE; MAGMATIC ARCS; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; RUTOG;

SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHONDRITE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL THICKENING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; I-TYPE ROCK; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PARTIAL MELTING; PLUTON; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SHRIMP DATING; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LHASA; RUTOG; XIZANG;

EID: 53949091411     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756808005025     Document Type: Article

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