Exhumation of the Diancang Shan metamorphic complex along the Ailao Shan-Red River belt, southwestern Yunnan, China: Evidence from 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 525-550

  Cao, Shuyun ^a,b   Neubauer, Franz ^c   Liu, Junlai ^a   Genser, Johann ^c   Leiss, Bernd ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar thermochronology; Ailao Shan Red River shear zone; Diancang Shan massif; Exhumation; Metamorphic complex

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ARGON-ARGON DATING; DIACHRONISM; EXHUMATION; FAULT ZONE; GREENSCHIST FACIES; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MYLONITIZATION; OLIGOCENE; PLIOCENE; SHEAR ZONE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

AILAO MOUNTAINS; CHINA; YUNNAN;

EID: 79960964912     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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