Pyrrhotite as a tracer for denudation of the Taiwan orogen

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Horng, Chorng Shern ^a   Huh, Chih An ^a   Chen, Kuo Hang ^a   Lin, Chun Hung ^a   Shea, Kai Shuan ^b   Hsiung, Kan Hsi ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

denudation; magnetic tracers; orogenic belt; pyrrhotite; regional metamorphism; surface processes

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DENUDATION; OROGENIC BELTS; PYRRHOTITE; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; SURFACE PROCESS;

IRON ORES;

DENUDATION; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; METAMORPHIC FACIES; OROGENIC BELT; PYRRHOTITE; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TRACER;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84864671372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004195     Document Type: Article

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