Two stages of zircon and monazite growth in anatectic leucogneiss: SHRIMP constraints on the duration and intensity of Pan-African metamorphism in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

Terra Nova

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-51

  Fitzsimons, I C W ^a   Kinny, P D ^b   Harley, S L ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; METAMORPHISM; MONAZITE; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; URANIUM/LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA, PRYDZ BAY;

EID: 0030744096     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1997.d01-8.x     Document Type: Article

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