Zircon U-Pb SHRIMP ages of eclogites from the North Qilian Mountains in NW China and their tectonic implication

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 848-852

  Song, Shuguang ^a   Zhang, Lifei ^a   Niu, Yaoling ^b   Song, Biao ^c   Zhang, Guibing ^a   Wang, Qianjie ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Eclogite; High pressure metamorphism; North Qilian Mountains; Zircon age

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644804330     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0517     Document Type: Article

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