Age mapping and dating of monazite on the electron microprobe: Deconvoluting multistage tectonic histories

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1023-1026

  Williams, Michael L ^a   Jercinovic, Michael J ^a   Terry, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM; GARNETS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAPPING; MONAZITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; X RAYS; ZONING;

ELECTRON MICROPROBES; HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-SITU METHODS; SNOWBIRD TECTONIC ZONES; TECTONIC ANALYSIS; TECTONIC HISTORY; TEXTURAL CONTEXTS;

ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; MONZONITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 0033399775     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<1023:AMADOM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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