Evolution of the Lüliangshan garnet peridotites in the North Qaidam UHP belt, Northern Tibetan Plateau: Constraints from Re-Os isotopes

Lithos

Volumn 117, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 307-321

  Shi, R D ^a,b,c   Griffin, W L ^b   O'Reilly, S Y ^b   Zhao, G C ^c   Huang, Q S ^a   Li, J ^d   Xu, J F ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Garnet peridotite; Mantle refertilisation; North Qaidam; Re Os isotope; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; DIKE; DUNITE; GARNET; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LHERZOLITE; METASOMATISM; OLIVINE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PERIDOTITE; PROTEROZOIC; PYROXENITE; RHENIUM; SERPENTINITE; SUBDUCTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA; QAIDAM MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77952668612     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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