Tectonic interpretation of metamorphic tectonites: Integrating compositional mapping, microstructural analysis and in situ monazite dating

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 739-752

  Williams, M L ^a   Jercinovic, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Compositional map; Monazite geochronology; P T t D path; Pseudosection; Tectonite

Indexed keywords

ALLANITE; COMPOSITIONAL MAPPING; CRITICAL PARTS; DEFORMATION HISTORY; DIRECT INTERACTIONS; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; IN-SITU; METAMORPHIC REACTIONS; MICRO TEXTURE; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; P-T-T-D PATH; PETROLOGICAL ANALYSIS; PSEUDOSECTION; STRAIN PARTITIONING; TECTONIC ANALYSIS; TECTONIC HISTORY; TECTONITE; THIN SECTION; XENOTIME;

CHRONOMETERS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MONAZITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICATES; TECTONICS; TEXTURES;

DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONAZITE; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; PETROLOGY; SILICATE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 84864858359     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2012.00995.x     Document Type: Article

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