Geochronological constraints on the evolution of high-pressure felsic granulites from an integrated electron microprobe and ID-TIMS geochemical study

Lithos

Volumn 88, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 173-200

  Baldwin, Julia A ^a   Bowring, Samuel A ^a   Williams, Michael L ^b   Mahan, Kevin H ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochronology; High pressure granulite; Monazite; Snowbird Tectonic Zone; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; FELSIC ROCK; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE; MONAZITE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 33644823414     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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