Petrology, mineralogy and pTt path for the eclogite from central Qiangtang, northern Tibet

Geological Bulletin of China

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1207-1220

  Zhai, Qing Guo ^a   Li, Cai ^b   Wang, Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Northern Tibet; PTt path; Qiangtang area

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881320047     PISSN: 16712552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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