Determination of 207Pb/206Pb ages on zircon and monazite by laser-ablation ICPMS and application to a study of sedimentary provenance and metamorphism in southeastern Brazil

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 5063-5073

  Machado, N ^a   Gauthier, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0001039840     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00287-6     Document Type: Article

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