Origin and Tectonic Implication of Ophiolite and Eclogite in the Song Ma Suture Zone between the South China and Indochina Blocks

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-62

  Zhang, R Y ^a   Lo, C H ^a   Chung, S L ^a   Grove, M ^b   Omori, S ^c   Iizuka, Y ^d   Liou, J G ^b   Tri, T V ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^e No 6 Pham Ngu Lao St ^*  (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Ophiolite; Sensitive high resolution ion microprobe dating; Song Ma suture zone; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITES; OPHIOLITE; SENSITIVE HIGH-RESOLUTION ION MICROPROBE; SONG MA SUTURE ZONE; VIET NAM;

GARNETS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD; MICA; QUARTZ; SHELLFISH; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ECLOGITE; GABBRO; GEOCHEMISTRY; GONDWANA; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METABASALT; METABASITE; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; OPHIOLITE; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

CHINA; INDOCHINA; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; VIET NAM;

EID: 84872152359     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmg.12012     Document Type: Article

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