Paleozoic ages and excess 40Ar in garnets from the Bixiling eclogite in Dabieshan, China: New insights from 40Ar/39Ar dating by stepwise crushing

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2354-2370

  Qiu, Hua Ning ^a,b   Wijbrans, J R ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSHING; ECLOGITE; GARNET; PALEOZOIC;

ASIA; CHINA; DABIE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33645945921     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.11.030     Document Type: Article

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