History of zircon growth in a high-pressure granulite within the Eastern Himalayan syntaxis, and tectonic implications

International Geology Review

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 861-872

  Liu, Yan ^a,b   Yang, Ziqing ^a   Wang, Meng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GRANULITE; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METAMORPHISM; OLIGOCENE; PARTIAL MELTING; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

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

EID: 34848910118     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.49.9.861     Document Type: Article

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