Finding of high-pressure mafic granulites in the Amdo basement, central Tibet

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 3694-3702

  Zhang, XiaoRan ^a   Shi, RenDeng ^a   Huang, QiShuai ^a   Liu, DeLiang ^a   Cidan, SuoLang ^b   Yang, JingSui ^c   Ding, Lin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Amdo basement; Bangong Nujiang Suture; high pressure granulite; P T path; Tibet

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650014694     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-4127-y     Document Type: Article

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