Metamorphic P-T path and tectonic implications of pelitic granulites from the Daqingshan Complex of the Khondalite Belt, North China Craton

Precambrian Research

Volumn 241, Issue , 2014, Pages 161-184

  Cai, Jia ^a   Liu, Fulai ^a   Liu, Pinghua ^a   Liu, Chaohui ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Shi, Jianrong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

North China Craton; P T path; Pelitic granulite; Phase equilibria modeling; The Khondalite Belt; Western Block

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; COOLING; EXHUMATION; GNEISS; GRANULITE; GRANULITE FACIES; METAMORPHIC ROCK; P-T CONDITIONS; PELITE; PETROLOGY; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; ORDOS; YINSHAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84891137775     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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