First report of eclogites from central Tibet, China: Evidence for ultradeep continental subduction prior to the Cenozoic India-Asian collision

Terra Nova

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 302-308

  Zhang, Kai Jun ^a,b   Zhang, Yu Xiu ^c   Tang, Xian Chun ^a,d   Xie, Yao Wu ^e   Sha, Shao Li ^f   Peng, Xing Jie ^f  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c China University of Geosciences   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e Tibet Geological Survey   (China)

^f Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources of Yunnan Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DENUDATION; ECLOGITE; JURASSIC; OCEAN BASIN; PRESSURE EFFECT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; TURBIDITE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; BANGONG CO-NUJIANG SUTURE ZONE; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 48249111013     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00821.x     Document Type: Article

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