Polyphase formation and exhumation of high- to ultrahigh-pressure rocks in continental subduction zone: Numerical modeling and application to the Sulu ultrahigh-pressure terrane in eastern China

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Li, Zhonghai ^a,b   Gerya, Taras V ^b,c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXHUMATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-T-T PATH; PLUME; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRANE; THERMOMECHANICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 72049099292     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005935     Document Type: Article

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