P-T path of high-pressure/low-temperature rocks and tectonic implications in the western Tianshan Mountains, NW China

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 621-636

  Gao, J ^a   Klemd, R ^b   Zhang, L ^c   Wang, Z ^a   Xiao, X ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blueschist; Eclogite; P T path; Tectonic implication; Western Tianshan

Indexed keywords

BLUESCHIST; ECLOGITE; GLAUCOPHANE; HIGH PRESSURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; P-T CONDITIONS; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHINA;

EID: 0033371363     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.1999.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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