Behaviour of zircon and monazite during crustal melting

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 465-479

  Yakymchuk, Chris ^a   Brown, Michael ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOCKS; DISSOLUTION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRANITE; MELTING; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MONAZITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

ACCESSORY MINERALS; GROWTH FROM MELTS; HIGH-GRADE METAMORPHIC ROCKS; ISOTHERMAL DECOMPRESSION; LEUCOSOMES; MELT CHEMISTRY; MIGMATITE; PEAK TEMPERATURES;

ZIRCON;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DISSOLUTION; EMPLACEMENT; GRANULITE; HEATING; LEUCOSOME; MELTING; MONAZITE; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; SOLUBILITY; ZIRCON;

EID: 84903523293     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs2013-115     Document Type: Article

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