U-Pb zircon age of the andaman ophiolite: Implications for the beginning of subduction beneath the andaman-sumatra arc

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1105-1112

  Pedersen, R B ^a   Searle, M P ^b   Carter, A ^c   Bandopadhyay, P C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; ANDAMAN ISLANDS; ARC VOLCANISM; CENOMANIAN; CRUSTAL FORMATION; FOREARC; HARZBURGITES; INTRUSIVE ROCKS; LASER ABLATION INDUCTIVELY COUPLED MASS SPECTROMETRIES; MANTLE MELT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN CRUST; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE COMPLEX; PILLOW LAVAS; PLAGIOGRANITES; SUMATRA; U-PB ZIRCON; UPPER CRUST; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANIC ARC;

ABLATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

LITHOLOGY;

AGE DETERMINATION; CENOMANIAN; DUNITE; HARZBURGITE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OPHIOLITE; SUBDUCTION; UPPER CRUST; UPPER MANTLE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 78249260347     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492009-151     Document Type: Article

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