Probing the basement of southern Tibet: Evidence from crustal xenoliths entrained in a Miocene ultrapotassic dyke

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-52

  Chan, G H N ^a,b   Waters, D J ^a   Searle, M P ^a   Aitchison, J C ^c   Horstwood, M S A ^d   Crowley, Q ^d   Lo, C H ^e   Chan, J S L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SRK CONSULTING   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTRAINMENT; GRANULITE; METAMORPHISM; MIOCENE; SUTURE ZONE; XENOLITH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 69249185378     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-145     Document Type: Article

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