Application of the two-feldspar geothermometer to ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) rocks in the Khondalite belt, North China craton and its implications

American Mineralogist

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 250-260

  Jiao, Shujuan ^a   Guo, Jinghui ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Khondalite belt; North China craton; Paleoproterozoic; Perthite mesoperthite; Two feldspar geothermometer; Ultrahigh temperature (UHT) metamorphism

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMOMETERS; NORTH CHINA CRATON; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PERTHITE; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE;

FELDSPAR;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FELDSPAR; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GRANULITE; PERTHITE; PROTEROZOIC; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 79952135148     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3500     Document Type: Article

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