Petrology and metamorphic P-T path of high-pressure mafic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton

Lithos

Volumn 155, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-109

  Tam, Pui Yuk ^a   Zhao, Guochun ^a   Sun, Min ^a   Li, Sanzhong ^b   Wu, Meiling ^a   Yin, Changqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

High pressure mafic granulites; Jiao Liao Ji Belt; North China Craton; P T path; Paleoproterozoic; Pseudosection modeling

Indexed keywords

DECOMPRESSION; GRANULITE; HIGH PRESSURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84869883186     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.08.018     Document Type: Article

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