Dating high temperature metamorphic rocks: a case study of isotopic and trace element complexity in zircon and monazite from South India

Metasedimentary rocks from the Trivandrum Block and Achankovil Zone in South India have been used to study zircon and monazite behaviour during high-temperature metamorphism. Isotopic and chemical data from these accessory minerals reveal that metamorphism had begun before $\sim$600 Ma and was wanin...

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Main Author: Meier, Vicky Lara
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59688
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description Metasedimentary rocks from the Trivandrum Block and Achankovil Zone in South India have been used to study zircon and monazite behaviour during high-temperature metamorphism. Isotopic and chemical data from these accessory minerals reveal that metamorphism had begun before $\sim$600 Ma and was waning by $\sim$510 Ma, but widespread disruption of this isotopic record by differential lead-loss and contamination with reset inherited grains make it difficult to date specific stages within this prolonged orogenic history.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-596882017-12-18T02:29:30Z Dating high temperature metamorphic rocks: a case study of isotopic and trace element complexity in zircon and monazite from South India Meier, Vicky Lara Metasedimentary rocks from the Trivandrum Block and Achankovil Zone in South India have been used to study zircon and monazite behaviour during high-temperature metamorphism. Isotopic and chemical data from these accessory minerals reveal that metamorphism had begun before $\sim$600 Ma and was waning by $\sim$510 Ma, but widespread disruption of this isotopic record by differential lead-loss and contamination with reset inherited grains make it difficult to date specific stages within this prolonged orogenic history. 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59688 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Meier, Vicky Lara
Dating high temperature metamorphic rocks: a case study of isotopic and trace element complexity in zircon and monazite from South India
title Dating high temperature metamorphic rocks: a case study of isotopic and trace element complexity in zircon and monazite from South India
title_full Dating high temperature metamorphic rocks: a case study of isotopic and trace element complexity in zircon and monazite from South India
title_fullStr Dating high temperature metamorphic rocks: a case study of isotopic and trace element complexity in zircon and monazite from South India
title_full_unstemmed Dating high temperature metamorphic rocks: a case study of isotopic and trace element complexity in zircon and monazite from South India
title_short Dating high temperature metamorphic rocks: a case study of isotopic and trace element complexity in zircon and monazite from South India
title_sort dating high temperature metamorphic rocks: a case study of isotopic and trace element complexity in zircon and monazite from south india
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59688