Two stages of granulite facies metamorphism in the eastern Himalayan syntaxis, south Tibet: Petrology, zircon geochronology and implications for the subduction of Neo-Tethys and the Indian continent beneath Asia

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 719-733

  Zhang, Z M ^a,b   Zhao, G C ^c   Santosh, M ^d   Wang, J L ^a   Dong, X ^a   Liou, J G ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continent collision; Himalayas; HT and HP metamorphism; Neo Tethys subduction; Paired metamorphic belts

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; PETROLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

CONTINENT COLLISIONS; HIMALAYAS; HT AND HP METAMORPHISM; METAMORPHIC BELTS; NEO-TETHYS SUBDUCTION;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE FACIES; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; SUBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE; TETHYS; ZIRCON;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG;

EID: 77955258956     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2010.00885.x     Document Type: Article

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