Discussion of the paper ’High‐ to ultrahigh‐pressure (UHP) ductile shear zones in the Sulu UHP metamorphic belt, China: implications for continental subduction and exhumation’ by Zhao et al.

Wei Lin, Michel Faure, Patrick Monié and Nicole Le Breton Institute of Geology and Geophysics, LTE, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan; ISTO, UMR CNRS 6113, Bâtiment Géosciences, Université d’Orléans, France; Laboratoire Dynamique de la Lithospère, UMR CNRS 5573, Université de Montpellier 2, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France

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