Carboniferous and Triassic eclogites in the western Dabie Mountains, east-central China: Evidence for protracted convergence of the North and South China Blocks

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 873-886

  Sun, Weidong ^a,b   Williams, I S ^a   Li, Shuguang ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Qinling Dabie orogen; SHRIMP U Pb dating; Trace element; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; ECLOGITE; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; SHRIMP DATING; TRACE ELEMENT; TRIASSIC; ZIRCON;

CHINA;

EID: 0036907267     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.2002.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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