Isotopic dating of the migration of a low-grade metamorphic front during orogenesis

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 773-776

  Rasmussen, Birger ^a   Fletcher, Ian R ^a   Sheppard, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crustal fluid flow; Low grade metamorphism; Monazite; Orogenesis; U Pb geochronology; Xenotime

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL FLUID FLOW; ISOTOPIC DATING; LOW-GRADE METAMORPHIC; OROGENESIS; XENOTIME;

DEFORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEATING; ISOTOPES; MONAZITE; RADIOMETRY; ROCK MECHANICS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TECTONICS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 26844538768     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21666.1     Document Type: Article

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