Ultrahigh pressure (>7 GPa) gneissic K-feldspar (-bearing) garnet clinopyroxenite in the Altyn Tagh, NW China: Evidence from clinopyroxene exsolution in garnet

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1000-1010

  Liu, Liang ^a,c   Chen, Danling ^a   Zhang, Anda ^a   Sun, Yong ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Yang, Jiaxi ^a,b   Luo, Jinhai ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Altyn Tagh; Clinopyroxene exsolution in garnet; Gneissic K feldspar ( bearing) garnet clinopyroxenite; Ultra high pressure metamorphism

Indexed keywords

BAROMETERS; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH SCIENCES; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; SILICON;

ALTYN TAGH; CLINOPYROXENE EXSOLUTION IN GARNET; GNEISSIC K-FELDSPAR (-BEARING) GARNET CLINOPYROXENITE; ULTRA-HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

GARNETS;

ALKALI FELDSPAR; CLINOPYROXENE; EXSOLUTION; GARNET; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PROTOLITH; SUBDUCTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ALTUN MOUNTAINS; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 31544432702     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04yd0166     Document Type: Article

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