Crustally-derived granites in the Panzhihua region, SW China: Implications for felsic magmatism in the Emeishan large igneous province

Lithos

Volumn 123, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 145-157

  Shellnutt, J Gregory ^a   Jahn, Bor Ming ^a   Zhou, Mei Fu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aluminum saturation index; Crustal melting; Emeishan large igneous province; Granite; Late Permian; Zr saturation thermometry

Indexed keywords

FELSIC ROCK; GRANITE; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; PETROGRAPHY; PLUTONIC ROCK; PROTOLITH; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCONIUM;

CHINA; EMEISHAN; PANXI; PANZHIHUA; SICHUAN;

SINIA;

EID: 79952536910     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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