Discovery of diamonds North Qinling: Evidence for a giant UHPM belt across central China and recognition of Paleozoic and mesozoic dual deep subduction between the North China and Yangtze plates

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 495-499

  Yang, Jingsui ^a   Xu, Zhiqin ^a   Pei, Xianzhi ^b   Shi, Rendeng ^a   Wu, Cailai ^a   Zhang, Jianxin ^a   Li, Haibing ^a   Meng, Fancong ^a   Rong, He ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Central orogenic belt; Diamond; Eclogite; Laser Raman Spectroscopy; Qinling

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; MESOZOIC; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC SETTING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA; QINLING SHAN;

EID: 0037934532     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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