U-Pb thermochronology: Creating a temporal record of lithosphere thermal evolution

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 479-500

  Blackburn, Terrence ^a   Bowring, Samuel A ^a   Schoene, Blair ^b   Mahan, Kevin ^c   Dudas, Francis ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Lithosphere; Lower crust; Rutile; Thermal evolution; Thermochronology; U Pb; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY MINERAL; GRAIN SIZE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOWER CRUST; RUTILE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; XENOLITH;

EID: 80052037774     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-011-0607-6     Document Type: Article

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