Thermochronologic constraints on deformation and cooling history of high- and ultrahigh-pressure rocks in the Qinling-Dabie orogen, eastern China

Tectonics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 621-638

  Webb, Laura E ^a,b   Hacker, Bradley R ^c   Ratschbacher, Lothar ^d   McWilliams, Michael O ^a   Dong, Shuwen ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DEFORMATION; PETROLOGY; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA; QINLING-DABIE OROGEN;

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MICA; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS;

EARLY CRETACEOUS; LATERAL EXTRUSION; MOUNTAIN RANGES; QINLING-DABIE OROGEN; RATE OF COOLING; SINISTRAL SHEAR; ULTRA-HIGH-PRESSURE METAMORPHIC ROCKS; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE ROCKS;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

EID: 0033434105     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999TC900012     Document Type: Article

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