Discovery of an eclogite belt in the Lhasa block, Tibet: A new border for Paleo-Tethys?

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-89

  Yang, Jingsui ^a   Xu, Zhiqin ^a   Li, Zhaoli ^a   Xu, Xiangzhen ^a   Li, Tianfu ^a   Ren, Yufeng ^a   Li, Huaqi ^a   Chen, Songyong ^a   Robinson, Paul T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eclogite; HP UHPM; Lhasa block; Oceanic subduction; Tethys

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; HIGH PRESSURE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; P-T CONDITIONS; SHRIMP DATING; SUTURE ZONE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LHASA; XIZANG;

EID: 53749102035     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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