Petrophysical studies on rocks from the Dabie ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic belt, Central China: Implications for the composition and delamination of the lower crust

Tectonophysics

Volumn 301, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 191-215

  Kern, Hartmut ^a   Gao, Shan ^b   Jin, Zhengmin ^b   Popp, Till ^a   Jin, Shuyan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal lithology; Delamination; Densities; Seismic properties (V(p) and V(s)); UHP rocks

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DELAMINATION; PETROPHYSICS; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA;

EID: 0033616344     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00268-6     Document Type: Article

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