SIMS U-Pb rutile age of low-temperature eclogites from southwestern Chinese Tianshan, NW China

Lithos

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 76-86

  Li, Qiu li ^a   Lin, Wei ^a   Su, Wen ^a   Li, Xian hua ^a   Shi, Yong hong ^b   Liu, Yu ^a   Tang, Guo qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Central Asia Orogenic Belt; Eclogite; Rutile U Pb age; SIMS; Southwestern Chinese Tianshan

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; ECLOGITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; RUTILE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 78751706207     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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