Lewisian crustal history from in situ SIMS mineral chronometry and related metamorphic textures

Chemical Geology

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 205-218

  Zhu, X K ^a,b   O'Nions, R K ^a   Belshaw, N S ^a   Gibb, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Granulite; In situ chronology; Lewisian; Monazite; Pb Pb; Rutile; SIMS; Xenotime

Indexed keywords

LEAD/LEAD DATING; LEWISIAN; METAMORPHISM; MONAZITE; PRECAMBRIAN; RUTILE; SIMS; XENOTIME;

UK, SCOTLAND, HIGHLAND, LAXFORD; UK, SCOTLAND, HIGHLAND, SCOURIE;

EID: 0030749340     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(96)00143-X     Document Type: Article

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