Metamorphism and partial melting of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Qianlishan Complex: Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Khondalite Belt in the North China Craton

Precambrian Research

Volumn 242, Issue , 2014, Pages 172-186

  Yin, Changqing ^a   Zhao, Guochun ^a   Wei, Chunjing ^b   Sun, Min ^a   Guo, Jinghui ^c   Zhou, Xiwen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

High pressure pelitic granulite; Khondalite Belt; North China Craton; P T pseudosection; Paleoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; GRANULITE; HIGH PRESSURE; OROGENY; P-T-T PATH; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGRAPHY; PROGRADE METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

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

EID: 84893409997     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2013.12.025     Document Type: Article

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