Using zircon U-Pb ages and trace element chemistry to constrain the timing of metamorphic events, pegmatite dike emplacement, and shearing in the southern Parry Sound domain, Grenville Province, Canada

Precambrian Research

Volumn 192-195, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 142-165

  Marsh, Jeffrey H ^a   Gerbi, Christopher C ^a   Culshaw, Nicholas G ^b   Johnson, Scott E ^a   Wooden, Joseph L ^c   Clark, Christopher ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Garnet; Granulite; Grenville; Pegmatite; Rare earth elements; Zircon

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE; METAMORPHISM; PEGMATITE; PETROLOGY; PORPHYROBLAST; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 82055165430     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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