Timing of granulite-facies metamorphism in the eastern Himalayan syntaxis and its tectonic implications

Tectonophysics

Volumn 485, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 231-244

  Xu, Wang Chun ^a   Zhang, Hong Fei ^a   Parrish, Randall ^b   Harris, Nigel ^c   Guo, Liang ^a   Yuan, Hong Lin ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern Himalayan syntaxis; High pressure granulite; Namche Barwa group; Trace element; U Pb zircon dating

Indexed keywords

COLLISIONAL PROCESS; DETRITAL ZIRCON; EASTERN HIMALAYAN SYNTAXIS; HIGH-PRESSURE GRANULITES; HOST ROCKS; INDIAN PLATE; LHASA BLOCK; METAMORPHIC AGE; METAMORPHIC EVENTS; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; MIOCENE; PROTOLITHS; REE PATTERN; SLAB BREAK-OFF; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS; U-PB AGES; U-PB ZIRCON; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PETROGRAPHY; ROCKS; TIME MEASUREMENT; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCON;

SILICATE MINERALS;

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE; GRANULITE FACIES; HIGH PRESSURE; INDIAN PLATE; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MIOCENE; ORTHOGNEISS; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 77950542552     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.12.023     Document Type: Article

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