Counterclockwise P-T evolution of the Aghil Range: Metamorphic record of an accretionary melange between Kunlun and Karakorum (SW Sinkiang, China)

Lithos

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 365-378

  Groppo, Chiara ^a   Rolfo, Franco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aghil Range; Counterclockwise P T path; Metamorphic evolution; Pseudosections; Sinkiang

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BAROMETRY; COOLING; FAULT; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAPELITE; MICROPLATE; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KARAKORAM; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; SOUTH ASIA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 52749084818     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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