Protracted oceanic subduction prior to continental subduction: New Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd geochronology of oceanic-type high-pressure eclogite in the western Dabie orogen

American Mineralogist

Volumn 95, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 1214-1223

  Cheng, Hao ^a,b   DuFrane, S Andrew ^c   Vervoort, Jeffrey D ^c   Nakamura, Eizo ^b   Zheng, Yong Fei ^d   Zhou, Zuyi ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Dabie; Eclogite; Lu Hf; Oceanic subduction; Sm Nd

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GARNETS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUTETIUM ALLOYS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION STATISTICS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; CONTINENTAL SUBDUCTIONS; DABIE; ECLOGITES; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; OCEANIC SUBDUCTION; SM-ND GEOCHRONOLOGY; TEMPERATURE HISTORY;

HAFNIUM ALLOYS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; ECLOGITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; HIGH PRESSURE; LUTETIUM; METAMORPHISM; OCEANIC CRUST; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 77957300456     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2010.3307     Document Type: Article

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