The time of eclogite formation in the ultrahigh pressure rocks of the Sulu terrane. Constraints from Lu-Hf garnet geochronology

Lithos

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 743-756

  Schmidt, Alexander ^a   Mezger, Klaus ^b   O'Brien, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Garnet; Geochronology; Lu Hf; Ultrahigh pressure

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LUTETIUM; METAMORPHISM; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ZONING;

CHINA; SULU BELT;

EID: 79958812443     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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