Discovery of Ordovician-Silurian metamorphic monazite in garnet metapelites of the Alpine External Aiguilles Rouges Massif

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-79

  Schulz, Bernhard ^a   von Raumer, Jürgen F ^b  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

EMP monazite age dating; External Massiv; Garnet metapelites; Ordovician; P T path; Polyphase metamorphism; Variscan

Indexed keywords

AGE; AMPHIBOLITE; BASEMENT ROCK; DATING METHOD; DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; FACIES; GARNET; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; METABASITE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE; MONAZITE; ORDOVICIAN; ORTHOGNEISS; SCHIST; SILURIAN;

EID: 79956033067     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-010-0048-7     Document Type: Article

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