A polyphase metamorphic evolution for the Xitieshan paragneiss of the north Qaidam UHP metamorphic belt, western China: In-situ EMP monazite- and U-Pb zircon SHRIMP dating

Lithos

Volumn 136-139, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-45

  Zhang, Cong ^a,b   van Roermund, Herman ^b   Zhang, Lifei ^a   Spiers, Chris ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early Proterozoic metamorphism; EMP monazite dating; North Qaidam UHPM belt; Paragneiss; SHRIMP zircon dating; Xitieshan

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BIOTITE; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GARNET; GNEISS; KYANITE; MONAZITE; PALEOZOIC; PORPHYROBLAST; SHRIMP DATING; SILLIMANITE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; QINGHAI; XITIESHAN;

EID: 84858288151     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.07.024     Document Type: Article

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