Geochemistry of the Chagai-Raskoh arc, Pakistan: Complex arc dynamics spanning the Cretaceous to the Quaternary

Lithos

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 338-348

  Nicholson, K N ^a   Khan, M ^b   Mahmood, K ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Afghan Block; Chagai arc; Geochemistry; Pakistan; Tectonics; Tethys

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ANDESITE; CRETACEOUS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PARTIAL MELTING; PILLOW LAVA; QUATERNARY; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TETHYS; THOLEIITIC BASALT; TRACE ELEMENT;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 77954759151     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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