Metamorphic evolution of the Yuka eclogite in the North Qaidam, NW China: Evidences from the compositional zonation of garnet and reaction texture in the rock

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1039-1048

  Chen, DanLing ^a,b   Sun, Yong ^a   Liu, Liang ^a   Zhang, AnDa ^a   Luo, JinHai ^a   Wang, Yan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Garnet zoning; Metamorphic evolution; North Qaidam; Reaction textures; Ultralhigh pressure eclogite; Yuka

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; GARNETS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; ZONING;

ECLOGITES; GARNET ZONING; METAMORPHIC EVOLUTION; NORTH QAIDAM; REACTION TEXTURES; YUKA;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ECLOGITE; METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

EID: 84977995907     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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