Generation of arc andwithin-plate chemical signatures in collision zone magmatism: Quaternary lavas from kurdistan province, Iran

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 887-911

  Allen, M B ^a   Kheirkhah, M ^b   Neill, I ^a   Emami, M H ^b   McLeod, C L ^a,c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Basalt; Collision; Iran; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; BASALT; CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DELAMINATION; EURASIAN PLATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAVA; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; MINERALOGY; OROGENY; PARTIAL MELTING; PLATE TECTONICS; QUATERNARY; SUBDUCTION;

IRAN; KORDESTAN;

EID: 84877040916     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egs090     Document Type: Article

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