Textural and geochemical discrimination between xenotime of different origin in the Archaean Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 709-731

  Kositcin, Natalie ^a   McNaughton, Neal J ^a   Griffin, Brendan J ^a   Fletcher, Ian R ^a   Groves, David I ^a   Rasmussen, Birger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROGRAPHY; SHRIMP DATING; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOTIME;

SOUTH AFRICA; WITWATERSRAND BASIN;

EID: 0037441697     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01169-9     Document Type: Article

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