Eclogite Occurrences in the Southern Tianshan High-Pressure Belt, Xinjiang, Western China

Gondwana Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-38

  Jun, Gao ^a   Klemd, Reiner ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Mineralogisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Franciscan type tectonic regime; HP LT eclogites; Mafic blueschists; Tianshan high pressure belt

Indexed keywords

BLUESCHIST; ECLOGITE; FLUID INCLUSION; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; MAFIC ROCK; METAMORPHIC ROCK; P-T CONDITIONS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 0002941643     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70055-1     Document Type: Article

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