Partial Melting of Mantle and Crustal Sources beneath South Karakorum, Pakistan: Implications for the Miocene Geodynamic Evolution of the India-Asia Convergence Zone

2009/02/19 by Gweltaz Mahéo, G. Maheo, Janne Blichert‐Toft +6 · 111 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Adakite #Continental crust #Geochemistry #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Lile #Lithosphere #Mantle (geology) #Mantle wedge #Metasomatism #Oceanic crust #Paleontology #Partial melting #Pluton #Quartz monzonite #Subduction #Tectonics #earthquake and tectonic studies

paper · doi:10.1093/petrology/egp006

published in Journal of Petrology 50(3), 427-449 (Oxford University Press)

openalex publication_date 2009/02/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

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