Ordovician blueschist metamorphism as a reflection of accretion-collision events in the Central Asian orogenic belt

Russian Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-84

  Volkova, N I ^a   Travin, A V ^a   Yudin, D S ^a  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Blueschists; Central Asian orogenic belt; Ordovician

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; AMPHIBOLE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BLUESCHIST; COLLISION; METAMORPHISM; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENIC BELT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIAN CRATON;

CHARA; MICAS;

EID: 78650794478     PISSN: 10687971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rgg.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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