Geochemical variations in Miocene adakitic rocks from the western and eastern Lhasa terrane: Implications for lower crustal flow beneath the Southern Tibetan Plateau

Lithos

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 928-939

  Chen, Jian Lin ^a   Xu, Ji Feng ^a   Zhao, Wen Xia ^b   Dong, Yan Hui ^a   Wang, Bao Di ^c   Kang, Zhi Qiang ^d  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d GUILIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adakitic rocks; Channel flow; Lhasa terrane; Mid lower crust; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ADAKITE; CHANNEL FLOW; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOWER CRUST; MIOCENE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CHINA; LHASA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 79960613664     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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