In situ U-Pb dating and trace element analysis of zircons in thin sections of eclogite: Refining constraints on the ultra high-pressure metamorphism of the Sulu terrane, China

Chemical Geology

Volumn 269, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 237-251

  Zong, Keqing ^a   Liu, Yongsheng ^a,b   Gao, Changgui ^a   Hu, Zhaochu ^a   Gao, Shan ^a,b   Gong, Hujun ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eclogite; LA ICP MS; Textural relationship; UHP metamorphism; Zircon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; APATITE; ECLOGITE; GARNET; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OMPHACITE; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; RUTILE; TRACE ELEMENT; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; SULU BELT;

EID: 73749083288     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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