In situ U-Pb dating and element mapping of three generations of monazite: Unravelling cryptic tectonothermal events in low-grade terranes

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 670-690

  Rasmussen, Birger ^a   Fletcher, Ian R ^a   Muhling, Janet R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIAGENESIS; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; MONAZITE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONOPHYSICS; THERMAL EVOLUTION; URANIUM SERIES DATING; XENOTIME;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33846298554     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.10.020     Document Type: Article

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