Monazite is a light rare earth element (LREE)-bearing phosphate mineral that is present in a
wide variety of rock types, has an extremely variable composition reflecting host rock …

In this chapter, an overview of the findings to date from laboratory measurements of diffusion
of cations in the accessory mineral phases zircon, monazite, apatite, titanite (sphene) and …

Originally published in 2005, this book covers the closely related techniques of electron
microprobe analysis (EMPA) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) specifically from a …

Electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) is a microanalytical technique widely used for the
characterization of materials. Since its development in the 1950s, different instrumental and …

This paper outlines the CHIME (chemical Th–U-total Pb isochron method) dating method,
which is based on precise electron microprobe analyses of Th, U and Pb in Th-and U …

Olivine compositions provide critical information on the composition and origin of primary
mantle-derived melts and their sources. The minor and trace elements (Ni, Mn, Ca, Al, Cr …

Low-temperature alteration of monazite is documented in three centimeter-sized monazite
crystals from Norway (Arendal), Madagascar (Ambato), and Sri Lanka. The three crystals …

Electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) is an in-situ and non-destructive analytical technique
with high spatial resolution and an increasingly important analysis tool in materials science …

Microprobe monazite dating has been increasingly used to constrain the timing of
deformation and metamorphism because of the potential to date very small monazite …

The Bafq mining district is in the Early Cambrian Kashmar-Kerman volcano-plutonic arc in
Central Iran and hosts important 'Kiruna-type'magnetite-apatite deposits. The hydrothermal …