U-Pb SHRIMP ages recorded in the coesite-bearing zircon domains of paragneisses in the southwestern Sulu terrane, eastern China: New interpretation

American Mineralogist

Volumn 90, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 790-800

  Liu, Fulai ^a   Liou, Juhn G ^b   Xu, Zhiqin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; GARNETS; MICA; QUARTZ; SHELLFISH; TEXTURES;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE IMAGES; DETRITAL ZIRCON; LASER RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; METAMORPHIC AGE; METAMORPHIC EVENTS; MINERAL INCLUSIONS; SHRIMP U-PB ANALYSIS; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE;

ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; SHRIMP DATING; TRIASSIC; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SULU BELT; WORLD;

EID: 20444506325     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2005.1677     Document Type: Article

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