Dating of prograde metamorphic events deciphered from episodic zircon growth in rocks of the Dabie-Sulu UHP complex, China

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 250, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 650-666

  Liu, Dunyi ^a   Jian, Ping ^a   Kröner, Alfred ^b   Xu, Shutong ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Anhui Institute of Geology   (China)

Author keywords

Dabie Sulu; Eclogite and peridotite; SHRIMP; UHP metamorphism; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; METAMORPHISM; NEW SENSITIVE HIGH-RESOLUTION ION MICROPROBE (SHRIMP); PERIODITE;

DEHYDRATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ION MICROSCOPES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; TEMPERATURE; TEXTURES; ZIRCON;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; ECLOGITE; INCLUSION; METAMORPHIC FACIES; METAMORPHIC ROCK; P-T CONDITIONS; PERIDOTITE; PHASE TRANSITION; SHRIMP DATING; SUBDUCTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

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

EID: 33749451474     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.07.043     Document Type: Article

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