U-Pb zircon geochronology of Tianshan eclogites in NW China: Implication for the collision between the Yili and Tarim blocks of the southwestern Altaids

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-478

  Su, Wen ^a   Gao, Jun ^a   Klemd, Reiner ^b   Li, J I Lei ^a   Zhang, X I ^a   Li, Xian Hua ^a   Chen, Neng Song ^c   Zhang, Lu ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Collision time; Eclogite; High pressure metamorphism; Tianshan; U Pb zircon age

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OXIDE MINERALS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COLLISION TIME; ECLOGITES; HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; TIANSHAN; UPB ZIRCON AGE (SHRIMP);

ZIRCON;

BLUESCHIST; CARBONIFEROUS; COLLISION ZONE; ECLOGITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; OMPHACITE; PHENGITE; RUTILE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 77957694800     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2010/0022-2040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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