Eclogites from central Qiangtang, northern Tibet (China) and tectonic implications

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 722-729

  Zhang, Kai Jun ^a,b   Cai, Jian Xin ^a,b,c   Zhang, Yu Xiu ^a,c   Zhao, Tai Ping ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

continental subduction; eclogite; Qiangtang; Shuanghu suture; Tibet; ultrahigh pressure metamorphism

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SUBDUCTION; ECLOGITE; TURBIDITES; ULTRAHIGH-PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

GARNETS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TECTONICS;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ECLOGITE; SUBDUCTION; TECTONICS; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 33646768984     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.02.025     Document Type: Article

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