Magmatic and metamorphic events during the early Paleozoic Wuyi-Yunkai orogeny, southeastern South China: New age constraints and pressure-temperature conditions

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 772-793

  Li, Zheng Xiang ^a   Li, Xian Hua ^b   Wartho, Jo Ann ^a,e   Clark, Chris ^a   Li, Wu Xian ^c   Zhang, Chuan Lin ^d   Bao, Chaomin ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CONSTRAINTS; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; AMPHIBOLITE-FACIES METAMORPHISM; BASIN SEDIMENTS; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; DEVONIANS; EARLY PALEOZOIC; EAST ASIA; MAXIMUM PRESSURE; MELT TEMPERATURE; METAMORPHIC EVENTS; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NEW AGE; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENIC BELTS; PRESSURE-TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; PROTOLITHS; SOUTH CHINA; VOLCANICLASTICS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; ROCKS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DATING METHOD; DEHYDRATION MELTING; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; OROGENIC BELT; P-T CONDITIONS; PALEOZOIC; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; PROTOLITH;

CHINA; EUROPE;

EID: 77949276042     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30021.1     Document Type: Article

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