SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating from Sulu-Dabie dolomitic marble, eastern China: Constraints on prograde, ultrahigh-pressure and retrograde metamorphic ages

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 569-589

  Liu, Fu Lai ^a   Gerdes, A ^b   Liou, J G ^c   Xue, H M ^b   Liang, F H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CL image; Dolomitic marble; LA ICP MS; Laser Raman; Mineral inclusion; SHRIMP U Pb dating; Sulu Dabie UHP terrane; Zoned zircon

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; DOLOMITE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; SHRIMP DATING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

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

EID: 33747813846     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2006.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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