Textural, geochronological and chemical constraints from polygenetic titanite and monogenetic apatite from a mid-crustal shear zone: An integrated EPMA, SIMS, and TIMS study

Chemical Geology

Volumn 241, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 88-107

  Jung, S ^a,b   Hellebrand, E ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apatite; Damara orogen; Syenite; Titanite; Trace elements; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OROGENIC BELT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SHEAR ZONE; SYENITE; TEXTURE; TITANITE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

AFRICA; DAMARA BELT; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34249006022     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.01.029     Document Type: Article

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