Two types of gneisses associated with eclogite at Shuanghe in the Dabie terrane: Carbon isotope, zircon U-Pb dating and oxygen isotope

Lithos

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 321-343

  Zheng, Yong Fei ^a   Gong, Bing ^a   Zhao, Zi Fu ^a   Fu, Bin ^a   Li, Yi Liang ^a  

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

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Gneiss; Oxygen isotope; U Pb dating; UHP metamorphism; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ECLOGITE; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; GNEISS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

CHINA; DABIE SHAN; SHUANGHE;

EID: 0042197780     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(03)00104-X     Document Type: Article

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