Petrology, Geochemistry, Geochronology, and Metamorphic Evolution of Garnet Peridotites from South Altyn Tagh UHP Terrane, Northwestern China. Records Related to Crustal Slab Subduction and Exhumation History

Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 541-577

  Wang, Chao ^a,b   Liu, Liang ^a   Chen, Danling ^a   Cao, Yuting ^a,c  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altyn Tagh; Garnet peridotite; Metamorphic evolution; UHP metamorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858282213     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385144-4.00016-3     Document Type: Chapter

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