SHRIMP U-Pb ages of ultrahigh-pressure and retrograde metamorphism of gneisses, south-western Sulu terrane, eastern China

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 315-326

  Liu, Fulai ^a   Xu, Zhiqin ^a   Liou, J G ^b   Song, Biao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gneiss; Mineral inclusion; SHRIMP data; Sulu UHP terrane; Zircon

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; SHRIMP DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SULU BELT;

EID: 2542489583     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2004.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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