Origin of Cenozoic alkaline potassic volcanic rocks at KonglongXiang, Lhasa terrane, Tibetan Plateau: Products of partial melting of a mafic lower-crustal source?

Chemical Geology

Volumn 273, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 286-299

  Chen, Jian lin ^a   Xu, Ji feng ^a   Wang, Bao di ^a,b   Kang, Zhi qiang ^a,b   Jie, Li ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ar Ar isotope dating; Lhasa terrane; Lower crust; Potassic volcanic rocks; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOWER CRUST; PARTIAL MELTING; POTASSIUM; RHYOLITE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACHYTE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CHINA; LHASA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

TRACHYTES;

EID: 77952293249     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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