Five generations of monazite in Langtang gneisses: Implications for chronology of the Himalayan metamorphic core

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 399-406

  Kohn, M J ^a   Wieland, M S ^a   Parkinson, C D ^b   Upreti, B N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Himalaya; Melting; Metamorphism; Monazite

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; MELTING; METAMORPHISM; MONAZITE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 22144482682     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2005.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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