Structural anatomy of the exhumation of high-pressure rocks: Constraints from the Tongbai Collisional Orogen and surrounding units

Geological Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 156-172

  Liu, X ^a   Li, S Z ^a,b   Suo, Y H ^a   Liu, X C ^c   Dai, L M ^a   Santosh, M ^d  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Dabie; Deformation; Eclogite; Exhumation; Mesozoic; Tongbai

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; FOLIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA; DABIE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79953013770     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1245     Document Type: Article

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