Differential exhumation of tectonic units and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks in the Dabie Mountains, China

Island Arc

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 174-183

  Dong, Shuwen ^a   Chen, Jiangfeng ^b   Huang, Dezhi ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

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

^c Anhui Institute of Geology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; METAMORPHIC ROCK;

CHINA;

EID: 0344404108     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1738.1998.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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