UHP eclogite outcrops in the Western Altun Mts.
Presence of the alpha-PbO2-type TiO2 phase, destabilized into rutile with ilmenite exsolution lamellae.
Ref.:
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- Zhang, J.X. et al. (2002): The age of U-Pb and Sm-Nd for eclogite from the west Altun Mountains tectonic belt: the evidence for existence of Caledonian orogenic root. Chinese Science Bulletin 44, 2256-2260.
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