A study of tectonites of granulite facies in Yushugou, South Tianshan, China

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 539-547

  Wang, Juli ^a   Wang, Runsan ^a   Zhou, Dingwu ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Liu, Yangjie ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ductile shearing in deep crust; South Tianshan; Tectonic uplift; Tectonites of granulite facies; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; MINERALS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DUCTILE SHEARING; GRANULITE FACIES; TECTONIC UPLIFT; TIANSHAN; XINJIANG;

TECTONICS;

GRANULITE FACIES; METAMORPHISM; MYLONITE; MYLONITIZATION; RECRYSTALLIZATION; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHINA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84977975142     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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