Miocene high Sr/Y magmatism, south Tibet: Product of partial melting of subducted Indian continental crust and its tectonic implication

Lithos

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 293-306

  Xu, Wang Chun ^a   Zhang, Hong Fei ^a   Guo, Liang ^a   Yuan, Hong Lin ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Continental subduction; High Sr Y rock; Lhasa terrane; Magma source; Petrogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITOID; GRANODIORITE; GRANULITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOWER CRUST; MAGMATISM; MIOCENE; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; STRONTIUM; SUBDUCTION; UPLIFT; YTTRIUM;

CHINA; XIZANG;

EID: 73949122924     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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