Application of major- and trace-element geochemistry to refine U-Pb zircon, and Sm/Nd or Lu/Hf sampling targets for geochronology of HP and UHP eclogites, Western Gneiss Region, Norway

American Mineralogist

Volumn 92, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1919-1924

  Hollocher, Kurt ^a   Robinson, Peter ^b   Terry, M P ^c   Walsh, Emily ^d  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c South Dakota School of Mines Technology   (United States)

^d Hospital for Special Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulate; Gabbro; Geochronology; Kyanite eclogite; Lutetium hafnium; Norway; Orthopyroxene eclogite; Samarium neodymium; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KYANITE DEPOSITS; LEAD ALLOYS; LUTETIUM; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCON;

CUMULATE; ECLOGITES; GABBRO; KYANITE ECLOGITE; NORWAY;

SAMARIUM ALLOYS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECLOGITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KYANITE; ORTHOPYROXENE; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN GNEISS REGION;

EID: 37149038245     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2007.2405     Document Type: Article

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