New evidence of India-Eurasia collision and its timing-Ar-Ar dating of the Kardoi blueschist in Xigaze, Tibet, China

Geological Bulletin of China

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1299-1303

  Li, Cai ^a   Hu, Jing Ren ^b   Zhai, Qing Guo ^c   Dong, Yong Sheng ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Institute of Geology Survey of Tibet Autonomous Region   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ar Ar age; Collision; High pressure metamorphism; Indus Yarlung Zangbo; Qinghai Tibet Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349915447     PISSN: 16712552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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