Dating a single garnet crystal with very high Sm/Nd ratios (Campo basement unit, Eastern Alps)

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-42

  Sölva, Helmuth ^a   Thöni, Martin ^a   Habler, Gerlinde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austroalpine Campo basement; Pegmatite garnet; Permian event; REE fractionation; Sm Nd dating

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BUILDINGS; CRYSTALS; FELDSPAR; GARNETS; GRANITE; MICA; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; RUBIDIUM ALLOYS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; STRONTIUM ALLOYS;

AUSTROALPINE CAMPO BASEMENT; COARSE-GRAINED; FINE GRAINED; GARNET CRYSTALS; NORTHERN ITALY; PERMIAN; SEPARATION TECHNIQUES; SM-ND ISOTOPE;

NEODYMIUM ALLOYS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; GARNET; PEGMATITE; PERMIAN; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 0037281855     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2003/0015-0035     Document Type: Article

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