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JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Volume 169, Issue 5, Pages 511-514Publisher
GEOLOGICAL SOC PUBL HOUSE
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492011-158
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- Ministry of Land and Resources of China [201011034, 201011058]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41072151, 41772138]
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Mafic granulites of the Dunhuang block, eastern Tarim Craton, record high-pressure granulite-facies metamorphism followed by a medium-to low-pressure granulite-facies metamorphic overprint, suggesting a clockwise P-T path and implying an environment of collisional orogenesis. Zircon U-Pb ages of two samples are 1834 +/- 12 Ma and 1842 +/- 5 Ma. Mineral inclusions in zircon indicate that these ages record the high-pressure granulite-facies event, suggesting that the Tarim Craton may be related to the c. 1.85 Ga assembly of the Columbia supercontinent. Similar c. 1.85 Ga metamorphism in both the Dunhuang block and the Alxa block of the North China Craton supports their correlation across the Altyn Tagh fault.
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