Application of electron probe microanalysis Th-U-total Pb geochronology to provenance studies of sedimentary rocks: An example from the Carpathian flysch

Chemical Geology

Volumn 254, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 148-163

  Budzyń, Bartosz ^a,b,c   Hetherington, Callum J ^b   Williams, Michael L ^b   Jercinovic, Michael J ^b   Dumond, Gregory ^b   Michalik, Marek ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Electron probe microanalysis; Monazite; Provenance; Th U total Pb dating; Trace element analysis; Western Outer Carpathians

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANULITE; METAMORPHISM; MONAZITE; PROVENANCE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

EID: 49349103491     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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