The Be-Ta-rich granite of Seiffen (eastern Erzgebirge, Germany): Accessory-mineral chemistry, composition, and age of a late-Variscan Li-F granite of A-type affinity

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-321

  Forster H J ^a   Rhede, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beryllium; Li F granite; Ongonite; Post collisional setting; Tantalum; Th U Pb monazite age; ytterbian xenotime (Y)

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ERZGEBIRGE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SAXONY; SEIFFEN;

STEFANIA;

EID: 33748312134     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2006/0055     Document Type: Article

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