Understanding geologic processes with xenotime: Composition, chronology, and a protocol for electron probe microanalysis

Chemical Geology

Volumn 254, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 133-147

  Hetherington, Callum J ^a   Jercinovic, Michael J ^a   Williams, Michael L ^a   Mahan, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microprobe; Total Th U Pb dating; Trace element analysis; Xenotime

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METASOMATISM; MINERALOGY; TEXTURE; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOTIME;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 49349093440     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.05.020     Document Type: Article

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