Allanite behaviour during incipient melting in the southern Central Alps

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 433-458

  Gregory, C J ^a,b   Rubatto, D ^a   Hermann, J ^a   Berger, A ^c   Engi, M ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLANITE; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; MIGMATITE; MIGMATIZATION; PARTIAL MELTING; PERMIAN; PROTOLITH; SHRIMP DATING; TERTIARY; ZIRCON;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS;

EID: 84859266534     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.01.020     Document Type: Article

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