High- to ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) ductile shear zones in the Sulu UHP metamorphic belt, China: Implications for continental subduction and exhumation

Terra Nova

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 322-329

  Zhao, Z Y ^a   Fang, A M ^a   Yu, L J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; OROGENIC BELT; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA;

EID: 0142058232     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2003.00500.x     Document Type: Article

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