High-resolution dating of granite petrogenesis and deformation in a lower crustal shear zone: Athabasca granulite terrane, western Canadian Shield

Chemical Geology

Volumn 254, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 175-196

  Dumond, Gregory ^a   McLean, Noah ^b   Williams, Michael L ^a   Jercinovic, Michael J ^a   Bowring, Samuel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Granite; Monazite; Shear zone; Transpression; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRATON; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GRANITE; MONAZITE; PETROGENESIS; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR ZONE; TRANSPRESSION; ZIRCON;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA; CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 49349111488     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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