Electron-microprobe dating as a tool for determining the closure of Th-U-Pb systems in migmatitic monazites

American Mineralogist

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 607-618

  Cocherie, Alain ^a   Be Mezeme, Eugène ^a,b   Legendre, Olivier ^a   Fanning, C Mark ^c   Faure, Michel ^b   Rossi, Philippe ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; LEAD ALLOYS; MONAZITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; TERNARY ALLOYS; THORIUM; THORIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

AGE DETERMINATION; BACK SCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGE; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; ELECTRON PROBE MICRO ANALYZER; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; ROBUST BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL TREATMENT; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

URANIUM ALLOYS;

DATING METHOD; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; MIGMATITE; MONAZITE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EID: 17644422201     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2005.1303     Document Type: Article

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