Electron microprobe technique for U-Th-Pb and REE chemistry of monazite, and its implications for pre-, peak- and post-metamorphic events of the Lützow-Holm Complex and the Napier Complex, East Antarctica

Polar Geosciences

Volumn , Issue 19, 2006, Pages 118-151

  Hokada, Tomokazu ^a,b   Motoyoshi, Yoichi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

L tzow holm complex; Monazite; Napier complex; Rare earth element REE; U Th Pb age

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751532665     PISSN: 13443194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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