Confirmation of pelitic granulite in the Altai orogen and its geological significance

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2543-2548

  Wang, Wei ^a,b   Wei, ChunJing ^a   Wang, Tao ^c   Lou, YuXing ^a   Chu, Hang ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Altai orogen; P T pseudosection; Pelitic granulite; SHRIMP dating

Indexed keywords

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 70349331271     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0041-6     Document Type: Article

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