Reply to the comments on “Xenoliths in ultrapotassic volcanic rocks in the Lhasa block: direct evidence for crust–mantle mixing and metamorphism in the deep crust”

Stepanov et al. (Contrib Mineral Petrol, 2017) question our conclusion that the UPVs in southern Tibet were derived by partial melting of an old, metasomatized subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) of the subducted Indian plate. Instead, they propose that these ultrapotassic volcanic rocks (UPVs...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wang, R., Collins, William, Weinberg, R., Richards, J., He, W.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53634