Potential minerals for determining U-Th-Pb chemical age using electron microprobe

Lithos

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 288-309

  Cocherie, Alain ^a   Legendre, Olivier ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Electron microprobe; Granite; Monazite; U Th Pb geochronology; Xenotime

Indexed keywords

BADDELEYITE; DATING METHOD; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; LEAD; MONAZITE; THORIUM; URANIUM; XENOTIME;

EID: 33846163123     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.03.069     Document Type: Article

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