Monazite trumps zircon: applying SHRIMP U–Pb geochronology to systematically evaluate emplacement ages of leucocratic, low-temperature granites in a complex Precambrian orogen

Although zircon is the most widely used geochronometer to determine the crystallisation ages of granites, it can be unreliable for low-temperature melts because they may not crystallise new zircon. For leucocratic granites U–Pb zircon dates, therefore, may reflect the ages of the source rocks rather...

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Main Authors: Piechocka, A., Gregory, C., Zi, J., Sheppard, S., Wingate, M., Rasmussen, Birger
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer 2017
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP130100922
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54843