Petrogenesis of Late Cretaceous lava flows from a Ceno-Tethyan island arc: The Raskoh arc, Balochistan, Pakistan

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-38

  Siddiqui, Rehanul Haq ^a   Qasim Jan, M ^b   Asif Khan, M ^b  

^a Geological Survey of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Basaltic volcanism; Ceno Tethyan island arc; Pakistan; Petrogenesis; Raskoh

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; APATITE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; HEMATITE; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETITE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PETROGENESIS; TITANOMAGNETITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

BALUCHISTAN; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84867396534     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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