A textural and geochemical guide to the identification of hydrothermal monazite: Criteria for selection of samples for dating epigenetic hydrothermal ore deposits

Economic Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1027-1035

  Schandl, Eva S ^a   Gorton, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOMETERS; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSITS;

IGNEOUS ROCKS; MONAZITE; ORES; TEMPERATURE;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

DATING METHOD; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MONAZITE; ORE DEPOSIT; TEXTURE;

EID: 5644287686     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.99.5.1027     Document Type: Article

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