High resolution Sm-Nd garnet geochronology reveals the uneven pace of tectonometamorphic processes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 293, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 63-71

  Pollington, Anthony D ^a   Baxter, Ethan F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine orogeny; Garnet; Metamorphism; Sm Nd geochronology

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL FEATURES; CONCENTRIC GROWTH; FLUID FLOW; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHER RESOLUTION; MINERAL GROWTH; PULSE-LIKE; SM-ND GEOCHRONOLOGY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; NEODYMIUM; SILICATE MINERALS;

GARNETS;

ALPINE OROGENY; GARNET; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; TEMPORAL RECORD;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS;

EID: 77950338812     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.019     Document Type: Article

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