Crustal thickening prior to 38Ma in southern Tibet: Evidence from lower crust-derived adakitic magmatism in the Gangdese Batholith

Gondwana Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-99

  Guan, Qi ^a,b   Zhu, Di Cheng ^a   Zhao, Zhi Dan ^a   Dong, Guo Chen ^a   Zhang, Liang Liang ^a   Li, Xiao Wei ^a,c   Liu, Min ^a   Mo, Xuan Xue ^a   Liu, Yong Sheng ^d   Yuan, Hong Lin ^e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b HEBEI GEO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^e NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eocene adakite; Gangdese Batholith; Mafic enclave; Southern Tibet; Zircon U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

ADAKITE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; GRANITE; INCLUSION; LOWER CRUST; MAGMATISM;

CHINA; XIZANG;

EID: 82955187736     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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