U-Pb, Pb-Pb and Sm-Nd dating of authigenic monazite: Implications for the diagenetic evolution of the Welsh Basin

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 421-433

  Evans, Jane ^a   Zalasiewicz, Jan ^b  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Monazite; Mudstone; Sm Nd; U Pb; Welsh Basin

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; DIAGENESIS; LEAD/LEAD DATING; MONAZITE; SAMARIUM/NEODYMIUM DATING; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

UK, WALES, WELSH BASIN;

EID: 0030432789     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00177-x     Document Type: Article

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