Tectonics implications of the ultramafic dykes in southeastern Tibet

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1012-1024

  Xu, Xiaoxia ^a   Ding, Lin ^a   Xu, Qiang ^a   Cai, Fulong ^a   Zhang, Qinghai ^a   Zhang, Liyun ^a   Lai, Qingzhou ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Garnet lherzolite source; High fraction partial melting; Picritic magma; Tibet Plateau; Ultramafic dyke

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DIKE; GARNET; LHERZOLITE; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; PARTIAL MELTING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 70449408529     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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