The geochemical and temporal evolution of the continental lithosphere and its relationship to continental-scale faulting: The Karakoram Fault, eastern Karakoram, NW Himalayas

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 583-603

  Phillips, Richard J ^a   Searle, Michael P ^b   Parrish, Randall R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

geochemistry; Karakoram; magmatism; strike slip fault; Tibet; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; FAULTING; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LITHOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUSTAL THICKENING; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; KARAKORAM; MAGMATISMS; TIBET; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; FAULTING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KARAKORAM; KARAKORAM FAULT ZONE; XIZANG;

EID: 84879855712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20061     Document Type: Article

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