Petrology and geochemistry of the Saga and Sangsang ophiolitic massifs, Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone, Southern Tibet: Evidence for an arc-back-arc origin

Lithos

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 48-67

  Bedard E ^a   Hebert R ^a   Guilmette, C ^a   Lesage, G ^a   Wang, C S ^b   Dostal, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b China University of Geosciences   (China)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Mantle refertilization; Ophiolites; Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; OPHIOLITE; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUTURE ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDUS-YARLUNG SUTURE ZONE;

EID: 70350353080     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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