Petrology and P-T history of the Wutai amphibolites: Implications for tectonic evolution of the Wutai Complex, China

Precambrian Research

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 181-199

  Zhao, Guochun ^a,b   Cawood, Peter ^a   Lu, Liangzhao ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amphibolite facies; Continental collision; Decompression reactions; Deformatio; Greenschist facies; Metamorphism

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; P-T CONDITIONS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 0033620116     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00090-4     Document Type: Article

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