Felsic veins within UHP eclogite at xitieshan in North Qaidam, NW China: Partial melting during exhumation

Lithos

Volumn 136-139, Issue , 2012, Pages 187-200

  Chen, Dan Ling ^a   Liu, Liang ^a   Sun, Yong ^a   Sun, Wei Dong ^b   Zhu, Xiao Hui ^a   Liu, Xiao Ming ^a   Guo, Cai Lian ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Exhumation; Felsic veins; North Qaidam; Partial melting; UHP eclogite; Zircon U Pb ages

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; FELDSPAR; FELSIC ROCK; FLUID INCLUSION; PARTIAL MELTING; QUARTZ; TERRAIN; TEXTURE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

CHINA; QAIDAM MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI;

EID: 84862823239     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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