Late Devonian OIB alkaline gabbro in the Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone: Remnants of the Paleo-Tethys?

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 232-243

  Dai, Jingen ^a   Wang, Chengshan ^a   Hébert, Réjean ^b   Li, Yalin ^a   Zhong, Hanting ^a   Guillaume, Raoult ^b   Bezard, Rachel ^b   Wei, Yushuai ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Devonian; Paleo Tethys; SIMS; Southern Tibet; Yarlung Zangbo suture

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; DEVONIAN; GABBRO; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MANTLE SOURCE; MELANGE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; SEAMOUNT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; INDUS-YARLUNG SUTURE ZONE; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 78650712372     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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