The Eocene corundum-bearing rocks in the Gangdese arc, south Tibet: Implications for tectonic evolution of the Himalayan orogen

The genesis of Liangguo corundum deposit in the southern Gangdese magmatic arc, east-central Himalaya, remains unknown. The present study shows that the corundum-bearing rocks occur as lenses with variable sizes in the Eocene gabbro that intruded into marble. These corundum-bearing rocks have highly...

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Main Authors: Zeming Zhang, Huixia Ding, Xin Dong, Zuolin Tian, Hongchen Mu, Mengmei Li, Shengkai Qin, Zhixiang Niu, Ning Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987117302256