Early Paleozoic (ca. 465 Ma) eclogites from Beishan (NW China) and their bearing on the tectonic evolution of the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 715-731

  Liu, Xiaochun ^a,b   Chen, Bolin ^a   Jahn, Bor ming ^b   Wu, Ganguo ^c   Liu, Yongsheng ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Beishan; Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Early Paleozoic; Eclogite; Tarim craton; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ECLOGITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; OCEANIC CRUST; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

BEISHAN; CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

ABIES;

EID: 80051667629     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.10.017     Document Type: Article

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