Monazite begets monazite: Evidence for dissolution of detrital monazite and reprecipitation of syntectonic monazite during low-grade regional metamorphism

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 675-689

  Rasmussen, Birger ^a   Muhling, Janet R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessory minerals; Geochronology; Low grade metamorphism; Metamorphic reactions; Monazite; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY MINERAL; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MONAZITE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RARE EARTH ELEMENT; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 35348962657     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-007-0216-6     Document Type: Article

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