Geochemical investigation of Early Cretaceous igneous rocks along an east-west traverse throughout the central Lhasa Terrane, Tibet

Chemical Geology

Volumn 268, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 298-312

  Zhu, Di Cheng ^a,b   Mo, Xuan Xue ^a,b   Niu, Yaoling ^c   Zhao, Zhi Dan ^a,b   Wang, Li Quan ^d   Liu, Yong Sheng ^e   Wu, Fu Yuan ^f  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Bangong Nujiang Tethyan Ocean; Bulk rock geochemistry; Early Cretaceous igneous rocks; Lhasa micro continental block; Petrogenesis; Slab break off; Tectonomagmatic evolution; Tibet; Zircon U Pb dating and Hf isotope

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRETACEOUS; EMPLACEMENT; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROGENESIS; SLAB; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM ISOTOPE; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LHASA MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 70350382719     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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