On the origin of hot metasedimentary quartzites in the lower crust of continental arcs

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 361, Issue , 2013, Pages 120-133

  Chin, Emily J ^a   Lee, Cin Ty A ^a   Tollstrup, Darren L ^b   Xie, Liewen ^c   Wimpenny, Josh B ^b   Yin, Qing Zhu ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Continental arc; Detrital zircon; Granulite; Miogeocline; Passive margin; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL ARC; DETRITAL ZIRCON; GRANULITE; MIOGEOCLINE; PASSIVE MARGIN; SIERRA NEVADA;

ALUMINOSILICATES; FELDSPAR; HAFNIUM; LEAD; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; MIXING; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

GARNETS;

CONTINENTAL ARC; GRANULITE FACIES; ISLAND ARC; LOWER CRUST; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PASSIVE MARGIN; QUARTZITE; ZIRCON;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871365694     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.11.031     Document Type: Article

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