Formation of monazite and rhabdophane at the expense of allanite during Alpine low temperature retrogression of metapelitic basement rocks from Crete, Greece: Microprobe data and geochronological implications

Lithos

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 130-147

  Krenn, Erwin ^a   Finger, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allanite; Alpine low T metamorphism; Crete; Geochronology; Monazite; Rhabdophane

Indexed keywords

ALLANITE; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BASEMENT ROCK; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAPELITE; MONAZITE; PALEOZOIC; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947118622     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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