In-situ determination of major and trace elements in calcite and apatite, and U-Pb ages of apatite from the Oka carbonatite complex: Insights into a complex crystallization history

Chemical Geology

Volumn 353, Issue , 2013, Pages 151-172

  Chen, Wei ^a   Simonetti, Antonio ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Apatite; Calcite; Carbonatite; Geochronology; Laser ablation; Oka

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; CARBONATITES; ELEMENT ABUNDANCES; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; OKA; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SUBSTITUTION SCHEME;

CALCITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER ABLATION; LEAD; URANIUM;

APATITE;

AGE DETERMINATION; APATITE; CALCITE; CARBONATITE; EMPLACEMENT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LASER METHOD; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGRAPHY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUBSTITUTION; TEXTURE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EID: 84883655081     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.04.022     Document Type: Article

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