Constraining cooling histories: Rutile and titanite chronology and diffusion modelling in NW Bhutan

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-130

  Warren, C J ^a   Grujic, D ^b   Cottle, J M ^c   Rogers, N W ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bhutan; Diffusion modelling; Rutile; Titanite; U Pb

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BHUTAN; COOLING AGE; COOLING HISTORY; DIFFUSION DATA; DIFFUSION MODEL; ECLOGITES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE DIFFERENCE; GRANULITE FACIES; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; PEAK TEMPERATURES; RAPID COOLING; RUTILE; TITANITE; U-PB;

DIFFUSION; LEAD; METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

OXIDE MINERALS;

AGE DETERMINATION; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CHRONOLOGY; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MODELING; OROGENY; RUTILE; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TITANITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

BHUTAN;

EID: 84857034805     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2011.00958.x     Document Type: Article

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