Magmatic-to-hydrothermal crystallization in the W-Sn mineralized Mole Granite (NSW, Australia). Part I: Crystalllization of zircon and REE-phosphates over three million years - A geochemical and U-Pb geochronological study

Chemical Geology

Volumn 220, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 215-235

  Schaltegger, Urs ^a,c   Pettke, Thomas ^a   Audétat, Andreas ^b   Reusser, Eric ^a   Heinrich, Christoph A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mole Granite; Monazite; Sn W mineralization; U Pb dating; Xenotime; Zircon

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; MINERALIZATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORLD;

EID: 21844480378     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.02.018     Document Type: Article

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