The subducted oceanic crust within continental-type UHP metamorphic belt in the North Qaidam, NW China: Evidence from petrology, geochemistry and geochronology

Lithos

Volumn 104, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 99-118

  Zhang, Guibin ^a   Song, Shuguang ^a   Zhang, Lifei ^a   Niu, Yaoling ^b  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Geochemistry; Harzburgite; North Qaidam, NW China; Oceanic subduction; SHRIMP dating of zircon

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; ECLOGITE; HARZBURGITE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; ORDOVICIAN; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; PROTOLITH; SHRIMP DATING; SILURIAN; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRACE ELEMENT; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

EID: 49349085728     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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