Obtaining diagenetic ages from metamorphosed sedimentary rocks: U-Pb dating of unusually coarse xenotime cement in phosphatic sandstone

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1083-1086

  Vallini, Daniela ^a   Rasmussen, Birger ^a   Krapež, Bryan ^a   Fletcher, Ian R ^a   McNaughton, Neal J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Geochronology; Metamorphism; Phosphate; Precambrian; Xenotime

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL MINERAL;

LEAD; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SHALE; URANIUM;

GEOLOGY;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; METAMORPHISM; PETROGRAPHY; PHOSPHATE; PRECAMBRIAN; SHRIMP DATING; XENOTIME;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036966013     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<1083:ODAFMS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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