Petrofabrics and seismic properties of garnet peridotite from the UHP Sulu terrane (China): Implications for olivine deformation mechanism in a cold and dry subducting continental slab

Tectonophysics

Volumn 421, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 111-127

  Xu, Zhiqin ^a   Wang, Qin ^b   Ji, Shaocheng ^c   Chen, Jing ^d   Zeng, Lingsen ^a   Yang, Jingsui ^a   Chen, Fangyuan ^a   Liang, Fenghua ^a   Wenk, Hans Rudolf ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lattice preferred orientation; Olivine; Subducted continental slab; Sulu terrane; Ultrahigh pressure metamorphism; Water content

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; METAMORPHISM; OLIVINE; PERIDOTITE; PETROFABRIC; S-WAVE; SEISMIC PROPERTY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRANE; WATER CONTENT;

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

EID: 33745615837     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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