U-Th-Pb dating of the Brossasco ultrahigh-pressure metagranite, Dora-Maira massif, western Alps

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-77

  Paquette, Jean Louis ^a   Montel, Jean Marc ^a   Chopin, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Dora Maira massif; Electron microprobe dating; Metagranite; Monazite; U Pb zircon; Ultrahigh pressure metamorphism

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS TRANSFER; MONAZITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; TERNARY ALLOYS; TEXTURES; THORIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

DORA-MAIRA MASSIF; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; METAGRANITE; U-PB ZIRCON; ULTRA-HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISMS;

LEAD ALLOYS;

DEFORMATION; GRANITE; HIGH PRESSURE; MASS TRANSFER; METAMORPHISM; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ALPS; DORA-MAIRA MASSIF; FRANCE;

EID: 0032897016     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/11/1/0069     Document Type: Article

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