Monazite occurrence, chemistry, and chronology in the granitoid rocks of the Lachlan Fold Belt, Australia: An electron microprobe study

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 373-383

  Kelts, Aaron B ^a   Ren, Minghua ^a   Anthony, Elizabeth Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronology; Electron microprobe; Granite; In situ dating; Lachlan fold belt; Monazite

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GRANITE; IGNEOUS ROCKS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; RARE EARTHS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; STATISTICAL METHODS; ZIRCON; ZONING;

CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN; CHEMICAL ZONING; CHRONOLOGY; CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; LACHLAN FOLD BELTS; SITU DATING; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

MONAZITE;

CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATING METHOD; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; MONAZITE; PETROLOGY; S-TYPE ROCK; TEXTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LACHLAN FOLD BELT;

EID: 41649111936     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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