Tectonic evolution of the early Mesozoic blueschist-bearing Qiangtang metamorphic belt, central Tibet

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Kapp, Paul ^a   Yin, An ^a   Manning, Craig E ^a   Harrison, T Mark ^a,b   Taylor, Michael H ^a   Ding, Lin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Blueschist; Exhumation; Melange; Metamorphic core complex; Subduction; Tibet

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MELANGE; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHIC ROCK; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONOPHYSICS;

CHINA; QIANGTANG BELT; TIBET;

EID: 0142111715     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002TC001383     Document Type: Article

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