Evidence for palaeo-Tethyan oceanic subduction within central Qiangtang, northern Tibet

Lithos

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 39-53

  Liu, Yan ^a   Santosh, M ^b   Zhao, Zhong Bao ^c   Niu, Wen Chao ^c   Wang, Gen Hou ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Kochi University   (Japan)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cold slab subduction; Garnet blueschist; Metamorphic history; Northern Tibet; Petrology; Tethys

Indexed keywords

BLUESCHIST; BLUESCHIST FACIES; CONVERGENT MARGIN; ECLOGITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PORPHYROBLAST; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TETHYS; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA; QIANGTANG BASIN; XIZANG;

EID: 80053620956     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.07.023     Document Type: Article

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