Petrogenesis of late Eocene high Ba-Sr potassic rocks from western Yangtze Block, SE Tibet: A magmatic response to the Indo-Asian collision

• Published in: Journal of Asian earth sciences Vol. 135; pp. 95 - 109
• Main Authors: Liu, Zheng, Liao, Shi-Yong, Wang, Jin-Rong, Ma, Zhen, Liu, Yi-Xin, Wang, Dong-Bing, Tang, Yuan, Yang, Jing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2017
• Subjects: Enriched lithospheric mantle; Eocene; High Ba-Sr rocks; Indo–Asian collision zone; Western Yangtze Block; High Ba-Sr rocks; Eocene; Indo–Asian collision zone; Western Yangtze Block; Enriched lithospheric mantle

•Five late Eocene potassic intrusions are exposed in W. Yangtze.•They were likely derived from an enriched lithospheric mantle.•The lithospheric mantle was enriched by two subduction processes.•Delamination of eclogitic lower crust responsible for the potassic magmatism. The Indo–Asian collision res...