Tectonic implication on the lithosphere evolution of the Tibet Plateau: Petrology and geochemistry of sodic and ultrapotassic volcanism in Northern Tibet

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 408-421

  Ding, Lin ^a   Zhang, Jinjiang ^a   Zhou, Yong ^a   Deng, Wanming ^a   Xu, Ronghua ^a   Zhong, Dalai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Lithosphere evolution; Petrology; Sodic volcanic rocks; Tibet Plateau; Ultrapotassic volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD; PETROLOGY; ROCKS; STRONTIUM; VOLCANOES;

COMPOSITED; ENRICHED MANTLE; LITHOSPHERE EVOLUTION; MANTLE SOURCE; OCEAN CRUST; SR-ND-PB ISOTOPES; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS; TIBET PLATEAU;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ALKALINE ROCK; GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHINA; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 84978003703     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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