Coesite-bearing eclogites from the Bixiling Complex, Dabie Mountains, China: Sm-Nd ages, geochemical characteristics and tectonic implications

Chemical Geology

Volumn 133, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 29-51

  Chavagnac, Valerie ^a,b   Jahn, Bor Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bixiling complex; Collision; Eclogite; Exhumation; Sm Nd isochron; Ultrahigh pressure metamorphism (UHPM)

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; COESITE; COOLING; ECLOGITE; METAMORPHISM; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

CHINA, DABIE SHAN;

EID: 0030429615     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(96)00068-X     Document Type: Article

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