Evidence of former stishovite in metamorphosed sediments, implying subduction to > 350 km

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 180-191

  Liu, Liang ^a,b   Zhang, Junfeng ^b,c   Green II, Harry W ^b   Jin, Zhenmin ^c   Bozhilov, Krassmir N ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

continental collision; mantle transition zone; precipitate; topotaxy; ultra high pressure metamorphism

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; TOPOTAXY; ULTRA-HIGH-PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; INCLUSIONS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; QUARTZ; TECTONICS;

SILICA;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID INCLUSION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STISHOVITE; SUBDUCTION; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSITION ZONE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ALTUN MOUNTAINS; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 35548997846     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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