Exotic lithosphere mantle beneath the western Yangtze craton: Petrogenetic links to Tibet using highly magnesian ultrapotassic rocks

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 863-866

  Xu, Yi Gang ^a   Menzies, Martin A ^a   Thirlwall, Matthew F ^a   Xie, Guang Hong ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Lithosphere mantle; Metasomatism; Tibet; Ultrapotassic rocks; West Yunnan

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE;

BASALT; FLOODS; ROCKS; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE; METASOMATISM; PETROGENESIS; POTASSIC ROCK;

CHINA;

EID: 84879889775     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0863:ELMBTW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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