Isotopic constraints on age and duration of fluid-assisted high-pressure eclogite-facies recrystallization during exhumation of deeply subducted continental crust in the Sulu orogen

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 687-702

  Zhao, Z F ^a,b   Zheng, Y F ^a,c   Gao, T S ^a   Wu, Y B ^d   Chen, B ^a   Chen, F K ^c   Wu, F Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Fluidactivity; Geochronology; Metamorphic duration; Sulu orogen

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; EXSOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAMORPHIC FACIES; METAMORPHISM; PETROLOGY; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SUBDUCTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33749842345     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2006.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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