Occurrence of Alaskan-type mafic-ultramafic intrusions in the North Qilian Mountains, northwest China: Evidence of Cambrian arc magmatism on the Qilian Block

Island Arc

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 526-549

  Tseng, Chien Yuan ^a   Zuo, Guo Chao ^b   Yang, Huai Jen ^a   Yang, Houng Yi ^a   Tung, Kuo An ^c   Liu, Dun Yi ^d   Wu, Han Quan ^e  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Gansu Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^c Museum of Natural Science   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^e XI AN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alaskan type; Arc magmatism; Cambrian; Mafic ultramafic intrusion; North Qilian Mountains; Qilian Block

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CLINOPYROXENE; CONTACT ZONE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CUMULATE; DIORITE; DUNITE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GABBRO; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LITHOLOGY; MAGMATISM; MINERALOGY; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; SHRIMP DATING; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; WEHRLITE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 69249115802     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2009.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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