High density carbonic fluids in a slab window: Evidence from the Gangdese charnockite, Lhasa terrane, southern Tibet

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 515-524

  Zhang, Zeming ^a,b   Shen, Kun ^c   Santosh, M ^d   Dong, Xin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c Shandong Institute and Laboratory of Geological Sciences   (China)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Andean type orogeny; Charnockite; CO2 rich fluid inclusion; Himalaya; Mid ocean ridge subduction; Tibet

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARNOCKITE; FLUID INCLUSION; GEODYNAMICS; HEMATITE; MAGNETITE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENY; PLAGIOCLASE; QUARTZ; SUBDUCTION; TERRANE;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; LHASA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 79960933102     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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