U-Pb zircon geochronology of coesite-bearing eclogites from the southern Dulan area of the North Qaidam UHP terrane, northwestern China: Spatially and temporally extensive UHP metamorphism during continental subduction

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 955-978

  Zhang, J X ^a   Mattinson, C G ^b   Yu, S Y ^a   Li, J P ^a   Meng, F C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coesite bearing eclogite; Dulan area; North Qaidam Mountains; Protolith; U Pb geochronology; UHP metamorphism

Indexed keywords

DULAN AREA; ECLOGITES; NORTH QAIDAM MOUNTAINS; PROTOLITH; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY; UHP METAMORPHISM;

ABLATION; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); EUROPIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; KYANITE DEPOSITS; LANDFORMS; LEAD; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; SPECTROMETRY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; COESITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ECLOGITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROTOLITH; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; DULAN; QAIDAM MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI;

EID: 78149337942     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2010.00901.x     Document Type: Article

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