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From oceanic subduction to continental collision: An overview of HP-UHP metamorphic rocks in the North Qaidam UHP belt, NW China

Date

Authors

Zhang, Guibin

Zhang, Lifei

Christy, Andrew

Publisher

Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd

Abstract

The North Qaidam UHPM belt is unique among " continental type" subduction zones in showing well-preserved subducted oceanic relics that predate continental subduction and collision. We review petrologic, thermobarometric, geochemical and geochronological

Keywords

Keywords: continental collision; diamond; eclogite; garnet; gneiss; metamorphic rock; peridotite; rift zone; subduction zone; tectonic evolution; ultrahigh pressure metamorphism; China; Qaidam Mountains; Qinghai Continental collision; North Qaidam; Oceanic subduction; UHP metamorphism

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/70737

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.07.014

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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