The making of Gondwana: Discovery of 650Ma HP granulites from the North Lhasa, Tibet

Precambrian Research

Volumn 212-213, Issue , 2012, Pages 107-116

  Zhang, Zeming ^a   Dong, Xin ^a   Liu, Feng ^b   Lin, Yanhao ^b   Yan, Rong ^a   He, Zhenyu ^a   Santosh, M ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Gondwana assembly; Lhasa terrane; Metamorphism; Neoproterozoic HP granulite; Petrology; Tibet

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CLINOPYROXENE; ECLOGITE; GARNET; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; GRANULITE; HIGH PRESSURE; P-T CONDITIONS; PALEOZOIC; PLAGIOCLASE; QUARTZ; RUTILE; TERRANE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; LHASA; XIZANG;

EID: 84861466001     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.04.018     Document Type: Article

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