Testing the apatite-magnetite geochronometer: U-Pb and 40Ar/ 39Ar geochronology of plutonic rocks, massive magnetite-apatite tabular bodies, and IOCG mineralization in Northern Chile

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 69, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 3367-3384

  Gelcich, Sergio ^a,b   Davis, Donald W ^a   Spooner, Edward T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAYERED INTRUSION; MAGNETITE; MINERALIZATION; PLUTONIC ROCK; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21644455244     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2004.12.020     Document Type: Article

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