Metasomatic replacement of inherited metamorphic monazite in a biotite-garnet granite from the Nízke Tatry Mountains, Western Carpathians, Slovakia: Chemical dating and evidence for disequilibrium melting

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 957-974

  Petrík, Igor ^a   Konečný, Patrik ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Geological Survey of Slovak Republic   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Biotite granite; Chemical dating; Disequilibrium; Garnet; Monazite; Restite; Slovakia; Western Carpathians

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DISSOLUTION; GARNETS; GRANITE; MELTING; MICA; MONAZITE; THORIUM COMPOUNDS; ZIRCON;

BIOTITE GRANITE; DISEQUILIBRIUM; RESTITE; SLOVAKIA; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

BIOTITE; DATING METHOD; DISSOLUTION; GARNET; GRANITE; MELTING; METASOMATIC ROCK; MONAZITE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RESTITE;

CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; TATRA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 68949145069     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.2992     Document Type: Article

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