New Lu-Hf geochronology constrains the onset of continental subduction in the Dabie orogen

Lithos

Volumn 121, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 41-54

  Cheng, Hao ^a   Zhang, Chao ^a   Vervoort, Jeffrey D ^b   Wu, Yuanbao ^c   Zheng, Yongfei ^d   Zheng, Shu ^c   Zhou, Zuyi ^a  

^a China   (China)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

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

Author keywords

Dabie; Eclogite; Garnet geochronology; Lu Hf; Subduction

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRATON; ECLOGITE; GARNET; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; PETROLOGY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIASSIC;

CHINA; DABIE MOUNTAINS; TONGBAI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 78650241285     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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