Comment on "Paleozoic ages and excess 40Ar in garnets from the Bixiling eclogite in Dabieshan, China: New insights from 40Ar/39Ar dating by stepwise crushing" by Qiu and Wijbrans (2006)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 6046-6050

  Zhao, Zi Fu ^a   Gao, Tian Shan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON ISOTOPE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; ECLOGITE; FACIES ANALYSIS; FLUID INCLUSION; GARNET; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; TRIASSIC; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; DABIE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 36348984421     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.02.025     Document Type: Article

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