CHIME dating of monazite, xenotime, zircon and polycrase: Protocol, pitfalls and chemical criterion of possibly discordant age data

Gondwana Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 569-586

  Suzuki, Kazuhiro ^a   Kato, Takenori ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age mapping; CHIME method; EPMA dating; Monazite; Polycrase; Xenotime; Zircon

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; MONAZITE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; ZIRCON;

EID: 53849108479     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2008.01.005     Document Type: Review

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