Delamination and ultra-deep subduction of continental crust: Constraints from elastic wave velocity and density measurement in ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 781-801

  Zhao, Z ^a   Niu, Y ^a,b,c   Christensen, N I ^d   Zhou, W ^e   Hou, Q ^a   Zhang, Z M ^f   Xie, H ^e   Zhang, Z C ^a   Liu, J ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dabie; Delamination; Eclogite; Elastic wave velocity; Subduction

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIONAL; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DABIE; DENSITY MODELS; EASTERN CHINA; ECLOGITES; ELASTIC WAVE VELOCITY; GEOTHERMS; HIGH VELOCITY; MAGMATISMS; METAMORPHIC BELTS; ONE DIMENSION; POISSON'S RATIO; SEISMIC PROPERTIES; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SERPENTINITE; SUBDUCTION; ULTRA-HIGH-PRESSURE METAMORPHIC ROCKS; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE; UPPER MANTLE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; DELAMINATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTIC WAVES; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; POISSON RATIO; ROCKS; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STEEL SHEET; TECTONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DELAMINATION; ECLOGITE; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTIC WAVE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; KYANITE; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHIC ROCK; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORTHOPYROXENE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC PROPERTY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; WAVE VELOCITY;

CHINA; DABIE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79960368335     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2011.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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