Early cretaceous subduction-related adakite-like rocks of the Gangdese Belt, southern Tibet: Products of slab melting and subsequent melt-peridotite interaction?

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 298-309

  Zhu, Di Cheng ^a   Zhao, Zhi Dan ^a   Pan, Gui Tang ^b   Lee, Hao Yang ^c   Kang, Zhi Qiang ^d   Liao, Zhong Li ^b   Wang, Li Quan ^b   Li, Guang Ming ^b   Dong, Guo Chen ^a   Liu, Bo ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Early Cretaceous; In situ Hf isotope analysis of zircon; SHRIMP zircon dating; Southern Tibet; Subduction related adakite

Indexed keywords

ADAKITE; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CRUST; PARTIAL MELTING; SHRIMP DATING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

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

EID: 55349086080     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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