Monazite ages from carbonatites and high-grade assemblages along the Kambam Fault (Southern Granulite Terrane, South India)

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 1230-1244

  Catlos, Elizabeth J ^a,d   Dubey, Chandra S ^b   Sivasubramanian, Poovalingam ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c V O CHIDAMBARAM COLLEGE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Geochronology; Ion microprobe; Monazite; Southern Granulite Terrane

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GARNETS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ION MICROSCOPES; MINERALOGY;

CARBONATITES; CHEMICAL TREND; CRUSTAL LEVELS; HIGH GRADES; ION MICROPROBE; NEOPROTEROZOIC; SOUTHERN GRANULITE TERRANE; THIN SECTION;

MONAZITE;

APATITE; CARBONATITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ION MICROPROBE; METASOMATISM; MONAZITE; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 50849131247     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2712     Document Type: Article

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