Stability and isotopic dating of monazite and allanite in partially molten rocks: Examples from the Central Alps

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-29

  Berger, Alfons ^a,b   Rosenberg, Claudio ^c   Schaltegger, Urs ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allanite; Alps; Migmatites; Monazite; Single grain U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

ALLANITE; DATING METHOD; INFILTRATION; MIGMATITE; MONAZITE; ORTHOGNEISS; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTIAL MELTING; PLUTON; TONALITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ANATEXIS; DEHYDRATION MELTING;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 67349101600     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-009-1310-8     Document Type: Article

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