Early paleozoic tectonic and thermomechanical evolution of ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic rocks in the Northern Tibetan Plateau, Northwest China

International Geology Review

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 681-716

  Yin, An ^a,b,c   Manning, Craig E ^a   Lovera, Oscar ^a   Menold, Carrie A ^a   Chen, Xuanhua ^d   Gehrels, George E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^e The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; METAMORPHIC ROCK; OLIVINE; OROGENIC BELT; P-T CONDITIONS; PALEOZOIC; PETROLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC WEDGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; THERMOMECHANICS; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 34548294259     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.49.8.681     Document Type: Article

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