Equilibration and disequilibration between monazite and garnet: Indication from phase-composition and quantitative texture analysis

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 865-880

  Beger, A ^a   Scherrer, N C ^b   Bussy, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Restaurierung and Konservierung   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Equilibration kinetics; Monazite thermometry; Quantitative textures

Indexed keywords

GARNET; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GNEISS; METAMORPHISM; MONAZITE; P-T CONDITIONS;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33745130014     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2005.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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