Petrology and geochronology of granulites from the McKaskle Hills, Eastern Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica, and implications for the evolution of the Prydz Belt

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1443-1470

  Liu, Xiaochun ^a   Zhao, Yue ^a   Zhao, Guochun ^b   Jian, Ping ^c   Xu, Gang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cambrian metamorphism; East Antarctica; Mesoproterozoic basement; P T path; Prydz Belt

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CRUSTAL THICKENING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; PETROLOGY; PROGRADATION; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AMERY ICE SHELF; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCKASKLE HILLS;

EID: 34547805979     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egm024     Document Type: Article

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