U/Pb zircon ages constrain the architecture of the ultrahigh-pressure Qinling-Dabie Orogen, China

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 215-230

  Hacker, Bradley R ^a   Ratschbacher, Lothar ^b   Webb, Laura ^c   Ireland, Trevor ^c   Walker, Doug ^d   Shuwen, Dong ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Dabie Mountains; Geochronology; High pressure; Orogenic belt; Sino Korean platform; Ultrahigh pressure metamorphism; Zircon

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; TRIASSIC; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA;

EID: 0032465787     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00152-6     Document Type: Article

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