The onset of Pacific margin accretion in NE China: Evidence from the Heilongjiang high-pressure metamorphic belt

Tectonophysics

Volumn 478, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 230-246

  Zhou, Jian Bo ^a,b   Wilde, Simon A ^a,b   Zhang, Xing Zhou ^a   Zhao, Guo Chun ^c   Zheng, Chang Qing ^a   Wang, Yue Jun ^d   Zhang, Xiao Hui ^e  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Epidote blueschist facies; Heilongjiang Complex; HP metamorphism; Pacific Accretion; SHRIMP U Pb zircon dating

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ASIAN OROGENIC BELT; EPIDOTE-BLUESCHIST FACIES; HEILONGJIANG COMPLEX; HP METAMORPHISM; PACIFIC ACCRETION; SHRIMP U-PB ZIRCON DATING;

ARGON; EXTRACTION; LITHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCON;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ACCRETION; BLUESCHIST FACIES; EPIDOTE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; LITHOLOGY; METABASALT; METAMORPHISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; OROGENIC BELT; P-T CONDITIONS; PERMIAN; PROTOLITH; SHRIMP DATING; SUBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIASSIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEILONGJIANG; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 70449100778     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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