Texture, composition, and age variations in monazite from the lower amphibolite to the granulite facies, Longstaff Bluff Formation, Baffin Island, Canada

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 847-869

  Gagné, Simon ^a,c   Jamieson, Rebecca A ^a   Mackay, Robert ^a   Wodicka, Natasha ^b   Corrigan, David ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baffin Island; Canada; Electron microprobe dating; Metamorphism; Monazite; Trans Hudson Orogen

Indexed keywords

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; ELECTRON-MICROPROBE DATING; METAMORPHISM; TRANS-HUDSON OROGEN;

MONAZITE;

PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

AMPHIBOLITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DATA ACQUISITION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; FACIES; GRANULITE; METAMORPHISM; MONAZITE; PETROGRAPHY; TEXTURE;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 70350557819     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.47.4.847     Document Type: Article

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