Electron microprobe monazite geochronology of magmatic events: Examples from Variscan migmatites and granitoids, Massif Central, France

Lithos

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 276-288

  Be Mezeme, E ^a,b   Cocherie, A ^a   Faure, M ^b   Legendre, O ^a   Rossi, Ph ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b UMR 7327   (France)

Author keywords

Electron microprobe; Geochronology; Massif Central, France; Monazite

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MAGMATISM; MIGMATITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645242848     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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