An assessment of the utility of staurolite in U-Pb dating of metamorphism

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 352-365

  Lanzirotti, Antonio ^a   Hanson, Gilbert N ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHISM; STAUROLITE; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

EID: 0031372727     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050342     Document Type: Article

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