Ages of ultrahigh pressure metamorphism and protolith orthogneisses from the eastern Dabie Shan: U/Pb zircon geochronology

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 191-203

  Rowley, D B ^a   Xue, F ^a   Tucker, R D ^b   Peng, Z X ^b   Baker, J ^c   Davis, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathodoluminescence; Dabie Mountains; Eclogite; Geochronology; Plate collision; Rare earths; Regional metamorphism; Tectonics; Triassic; U Pb; Upper proterozoic

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; PROTEROZOIC; ULTRA HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

CHINA, DABIE SHAN;

EID: 0031427897     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)81848-1     Document Type: Article

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