Changes in dip of subducted slabs at depth: Petrological and geochronological evidence from HP-UHP rocks (Tianshan, NW-China)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 310, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 9-20

  Klemd, R ^a   John, T ^b   Scherer, E E ^b   Rondenay, S ^c,d   Gao, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

(U)HP rocks; Lu Hf geochronology; Oceanic crust; Slab dip steepening; Subduction; Tianshan

Indexed keywords

(U)HP ROCKS; LU-HF GEOCHRONOLOGY; OCEANIC CRUST; SLAB DIP STEEPENING; SUBDUCTION; TIANSHAN;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; MICA; PETROLOGY; ROCKS; RUBIDIUM; TECTONICS;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; IMAGING METHOD; LUTETIUM; OCEANIC CRUST; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; SEISMIC METHOD; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 80054081847     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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