Rapid eclogitisation of the Dabie-Sulu UHP terrane: Constraints from Lu-Hf garnet geochronology

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 203-213

  Schmidt, Alexander ^a   Weyer, Stefan ^a   Mezger, Klaus ^b   Scherer, Erik E ^b   Xiao, Yilin ^c,d   Hoefs, Jochen ^d   Brey, Gerhard P ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

eclogite; eclogitisation; Lu Hf geochronology; Sm Nd geochronology; ultrahigh pressure

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DRY CONDITIONS; EASTERN CHINA; ECLOGITE; ECLOGITES; ECLOGITISATION; GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; HF SYSTEMS; HIGH-PRECISION; LU-HF GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MINERAL GROWTH; OROGENIC BELTS; PORPHYROBLASTS; RE-EQUILIBRATION; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL SCALES; SHORT TIME; SM-ND GEOCHRONOLOGY; SUBSEQUENT COOLING; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; U-PB DATING; U-PB ZIRCON; UHP METAMORPHISM; ULTRAHIGH-PRESSURE;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; GARNETS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; HISTORY; LAND USE; LEAD ALLOYS; LUTETIUM; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; NEODYMIUM; SILICA; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCON;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECLOGITE; GARNET; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; LUTETIUM; OROGENIC BELT; P-T-T PATH; TERRANE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; CHINA; DABIE-SULU BELT; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 49249128039     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.036     Document Type: Article

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