Dating of zircon and monazite from diamondiferous quartzofeldspathic rocks of the Saxonian Erzgebirge - Hints at burial and exhumation velocities

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 407-425

  Massonne, H J ^a   Kennedy, A ^b   Nasdala, L ^c   Theye, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

EMP; Exhumation; Geochronology; Monazite; Saxonian Erzgebirge; SHRIMP; Ultrahigh pressure metamorphism; Variscan; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MONAZITE; ZIRCON;

DIAMONDIFEROUS QUARTZOFELDSPATHIC ROCKS; FELSIC ROCKS; ION MICROPROBE;

MINERALOGY;

DATING METHOD; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; EXHUMATION; FELSIC ROCK; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; ION MICROPROBE; MONAZITE; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTIAL MELTING; SHRIMP DATING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ERZGEBIRGE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 36549046457     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2007.071.4.407     Document Type: Article

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