Triassic continental subduction in central tibet and Mediterranean-style closure of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 351-354

  Pullen, Alex ^a   Kapp, Paul ^a   Gehrels, George E ^a   Vervoort, Jeff D ^b   Ding, Lin ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Continental subduction; Eclogite; Paleo tethys; Qiangtang; Rollback; Tibet

Indexed keywords

AMERICA; BACK ARC BASIN; CONTINENTAL (CO); CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; CONVERGENCE (MATHEMATICS); DETRITAL ZIRCONS; ECLOGITE; METAMORPHIC BELTS; NORTH CHINA; PROTOLITHS; QIANGTANG TERRANE; SOUTH CHINA; TRIASSIC; UHP METAMORPHISM; UPPER PALEOZOIC;

CAVITY RESONATORS; HAFNIUM; LEAD; LUTETIUM; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PRESSURE; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCES; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; BLUESCHIST FACIES; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ECLOGITE; HIGH PRESSURE; PALEOZOIC; PROTOLITH; SANDSTONE; SUBDUCTION; TETHYS; TRIASSIC; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QIANGTANG BASIN; XIZANG;

EID: 46149127594     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24435A.1     Document Type: Article

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