Provenance of glacial marine conglomerates in the Permian Lagar Formation of southern Tibet: Evidence for affinity of the Lhasa Terrane with Australia

• Published in: Journal of Asian earth sciences Vol. 187; p. 104064
• Main Authors: Ma, Jianfei, An, Xianyin, Huang, Feng, Li, Youguo, Zhang, Yujie, Zhu, Tongxing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2020
• Subjects: Geochemistry; Glacial–marine diamictites; Lhasa Terrane; Provenance; Tonalitic conglomerates; Lhasa Terrane; Tonalitic conglomerates; Geochemistry; Provenance; Glacial–marine diamictites

[Display omitted] •Upper Paleozoic glacial conglomerates in the Lhasa Terrane contain tonalitic clasts.•Isotopic and geochemical data indicate an Australian provenance for these clasts.•The Lhasa Terrane was close to Australia during the Paleozoic. Paleogeographic reconstructions of the Lhasa Terran...