U-Pb sphene dating of metamorphism: The importance of sphene growth in the contact aureole of the Red Mountain pluton, Laramie Mountains, Wyoming

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 125, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 186-199

  Verts, Lisa A ^a,b   Chamberlain, Kevin R ^a   Frost, Carol D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT METAMORPHISM; SPHENE; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

USA, WYOMING, LARAMIE MOUNTAINS, RED MOUNTAIN PLUTON;

EID: 0030377427     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050215     Document Type: Article

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