Generation and emplacement of Triassic granitoids within the Songpan Ganze accretionary-orogenic wedge in a context of slab retreat accommodated by tear faulting, Eastern Tibetan plateau, China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 192-216

  De Sigoyer, Julia ^a   Vanderhaeghe, Olivier ^b   Duchêne, Stéphanie ^c   Billerot, Audrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

High K magmatism; Slab retreat; Songpan Ganze accretionary orogenic; Tear fault; Tibetan plateau; wedge

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULTING; GRANITE; GRANITOID; MAGMATISM; PARTIAL MELTING; PASSIVE MARGIN; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIASSIC;

ANYEMAQEN MOUNTAINS; CHINA; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN; SONGPAN-GANZI FOLD BELT; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 84918823938     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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