Chemical (U-Th-Pb) dating of monazite: Analytical protocol for a LEO 1450VP scanning electron microscope and examples from Rogaland and Finnmark, Norway

• Main Author: Slagstad, Trond
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: BERGGRUNNSGEOLOGI; DATERING; GEOKJEMI; MINERALOGI; Norway; Troms og Finnmark; Sørøya; Finnmark; Troms
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2674169

Monazite is a common accessory mineral and is a valuable mineral chronometer on account of its relatively high U and Th contents, negligible common Pb, and a high closure temperature. Because all the Pb present in monazite is derived from decay of U and Th, an age can be calculated based on the conc...