Triassic retrograded eclogites and Cretaceous gneissic granites in the Tongbai Complex, central China: Implications for the architecture of the HP/UHP Tongbai-Dabie-Sulu collision zone

Lithos

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 211-237

  Liu, Xiaochun ^a,b   Jahn, Bor ming ^b   Cui, Jianjun ^a   Li, Sanzhong ^c   Wu, Yuanbao ^d   Li, Xian hua ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Diachronous; Eclogite; Granite; Tongbai Dabie Sulu; Triassic; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; COLLISION ZONE; CRETACEOUS; DIACHRONISM; ECLOGITE; GEOBAROMETRY; GNEISS; GRANITE; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIASSIC; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; DABIE-SULU BELT; TONGBAI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77956931014     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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