Late Triassic high-Mg andesite/dacite suites from northern Hohxil, North Tibet: Geochronology, geochemical characteristics, petrogenetic processes and tectonic implications

Lithos

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 54-67

  Wang, Qiang ^a,b   Li, Zheng Xiang ^b   Chung, Sun Lin ^c   Wyman, Derek A ^d   Sun, Ya Li ^a   Zhao, Zhen Hua ^a   Zhu, Yin Tang ^e   Qiu, Hua Ning ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adakite; High Mg andesite; Songpang Gangzi; Subduction; Tibet; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ADAKITE; ANDESITE; DACITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MAGNESIUM; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIASSIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; HOHXIL; XIZANG;

EID: 80051693064     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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