The roots of the Dabieshan ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic terrane: Constraints from geochemistry and Nd-Sr isotope systematics

Precambrian Research

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 279-301

  Ma, Changqian ^a   Ehlers, Carl ^b   Xu, Changhai ^a   Li, Zhichang ^c   Yang, Kunguang ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Archean crust; China; Dabieshan; Neodymium and strontium isotopes; Yangtze craton

Indexed keywords

CRATON; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OROGENIC BELT; ORTHOGNEISS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA;

EID: 0034084577     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(00)00069-3     Document Type: Article

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