Apatite recrystallisation during prograde metamorphism, Cooma, southeast Australia: Implications for using an apatite-graphite association as a biotracer in ancient metasedimentary rocks

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1023-1032

  Nutman, A P ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apatite; Biotracers; Cooma Complex; Crystal growth; Metamorphism

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; RECRYSTALLIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LACHLAN FOLD BELT;

EID: 35848931251     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090701488321     Document Type: Article

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