UHT sapphirine granulite metamorphism at 1.93-1.92Ga caused by gabbronorite intrusions: Implications for tectonic evolution of the northern margin of the North China Craton

Precambrian Research

Volumn 222-223, Issue , 2012, Pages 124-142

  Guo, JingHui ^a   Peng, Peng ^a   Chen, Yi ^a   Jiao, ShuJuan ^a   Windley, Brian F ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Khondalite belt; North China Craton; P T path; Palaeoproterozoic; Sapphirine granulite; Ultrahigh temperature (UHT) metamorphism

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; KHONDALITE; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; PETROGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SAPPHIRINE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA; DAQING SHAN; NEI MONGGOL; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84869191841     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.07.020     Document Type: Article

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