Fine-scale isotopic heterogeneities and fluids in the deep crust: A 40Ar/39Ar laser ablation and TEM study of muscovites from a granulite-eclogite transition zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 223-242

  Boundy, T M ^a,b   Hall, C M ^a   Li, G ^a   Essene, E J ^a   Halliday, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ar Ar; Eclogite; Fluid phase; Lower crust; Muscovite; TEM data

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; CRUST (LOWER); ECLOGITE; FLUID INFILTRATION; GRANITE; MUSCOVITE;

NORWAY, HOLSNOY;

EID: 0030752794     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00036-8     Document Type: Article

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