Sm-Nd isotope systematics and the derivation of granitic pegmatites in southwestern Maine

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 327-337

  Tomascak, Paul B ^a,b   Krogstad, Eirik J ^a,c   Walker, Richard J ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Dansk Lithosfærcenter ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apatite; Granitic pegmatites; Maine; Monazite; Neodymium isotopes; Topsham

Indexed keywords

APATITE; MONAZITE; PEGMATITE; SAMARIUM/NEODYMIUM DATING;

USA, MAINE;

EID: 0031739482     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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