Post-collisional ultrapotassic rocks in Lhasa block, Tibetan plateau: Spatial and temporal distribution and its' implications

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 787-794

  Zhao, ZhiDan ^a,b   Mo, XuanXue ^a,b   Nomade, Sebastien ^c   Renne, Paul R ^c   Zhou, Su ^a,d   Dong, GuoChen ^a,b   Wang, LiangLiang ^a,b   Zhu, DiCheng ^e   Liao, ZhongLi ^e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d China University of Geosciences   (China)

^e CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ar Ar dating; Dangreyongcuo; Lhasa block; Tibet; Ultrapotassic rock; Xurucuo

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIPS; FAULTING; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; MICA; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS;

AR-AR DATING; DANGREYONGCUO; LHASA BLOCK; TIBET; XURUCUO;

ROCKS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; MAGMATISM; POTASSIC ROCK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LHASA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 84977992558     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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