Paleoproterozoic granulites from Heling'er: Implications for regional ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in the North China Craton

Lithos

Volumn 148, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-70

  Liu, Shoujie ^a   Tsunogae, Toshiaki ^b   Li, Wenshan ^c   Shimizu, Hisako ^b   Santosh, M ^d,e   Wan, Yusheng ^a   Li, Jianghai ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

North China Craton; Pseudosection modeling; Spinel quartz assemblage; Ti in zircon geothermometry; Ultrahigh temperature metamorphism

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BIOTITE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GRANULITE; HYDRATION; OROGENY; ORTHOPYROXENE; PROGRADE METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; SILLIMANITE; SPINEL; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC SETTING; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84862987627     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.05.024     Document Type: Article

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