Refolded syn-ultrahigh-pressure thrust sheets in the south Dabie complex, China: Field evidence and tectonic implications

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 455-458

  Xue, Feng ^a   Rowley, David B ^a   Baker, Judy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SILICA;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CRUSTAL LEVELS; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; RE-EQUILIBRATION; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS; THIRD GENERATION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE ROCKS; EARTH SURFACE; LOWER CRUST;

TECTONICS; GEOLOGY;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; DIAMOND; EXHUMATION; FOLD BELT; HIGH PRESSURE; LOWER CRUST; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MINERALIZATION; TECTONIC SETTING; DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION MECHANISM; THRUSTING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA; DABIE MOUNTAINS; DABIE SHAN;

EID: 0029751961     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0455:RSUPTS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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