Multistage metamorphic evolution and nature of the amphibolite-granulite facies transition in Lofoten-Vesterålen, Norway, revealed by U-Pb in accessory minerals

Chemical Geology

Volumn 241, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 108-128

  Corfu, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Granulite; Lofoten Vester len; Migmatite; Monazite; U Pb; Zircon

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ANORTHOSITE; ARCHEAN; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CHARNOCKITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GRANULITE FACIES; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MAGMATISM; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; METAMORPHISM; MIGMATITE; MONAZITE; PETROGENESIS; TRANSITION ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LOFOTEN; NORDLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; VESTERALEN;

EID: 34249014413     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.01.028     Document Type: Article

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