Geological, geochronological and geochemical features of granulites in the Eastern Tianshan, NW China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-41

  Shu, Liangshu ^a   Yu, Jinhai ^a   Charvet, J ^b   Laurent Charvet, S ^b   Sang, Haiqing ^c   Zhang, Rengu ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Exhumation; Geochemistry; Granulite; Isotopic dating; NW China; Petrology; Tianshan belt

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANULITE; PALEOZOIC; PETROLOGY; PRECAMBRIAN; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN; WORLD;

EID: 8744287358     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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