On the application of in situ monazite chemical geochronology to constraining P-T-t histories in high-temperature (>850 °C) polymetamorphic granulites from Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 667-683

  Kelsey, David E ^a,b   Hand, M ^a   Clark, C ^a   Wilson, C J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE; METAPELITE; P-T-T PATH; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PRYDZ BAY;

EID: 34248161510     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492006-013     Document Type: Article

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