Age and duration of eclogite-facies metamorphism, North Qaidam HP/UHP terrane, Western China

American Journal of Science

Volumn 306, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 683-711

  Mattinson, C G ^a   Wooden, J L ^b   Liou, J G ^a   Bird, D K ^a   Wu, C L ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; COESITE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ECLOGITE; FACIES; ORTHOGNEISS; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

ALPS; ARCTIC; ASIA; CHINA; DULAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; GREENLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; QINGHAI; SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 33847656602     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/09.2006.01     Document Type: Article

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