Compositional controls on 40Ar/39Ar ages of zoned mica from a rare-element pegmatite

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 613-626

  Smith, S R ^a   Kelley, S P ^a   Tindle, A G ^a   Breaks, F W ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; PEGMATITE;

EID: 22344456403     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-005-0674-7     Document Type: Article

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