Apatite : a U-Pb thermochronometer or geochronometer?

• Published in: Lithos
• Main Authors: Kirkland, C. L., Yakymchuk, C., Szilas, K., Evans, N., Hollis, J., McDonald, B., Gardiner, N. J.
• Other Authors: University of St Andrews. School of Earth & Environmental Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Apatite; Geochronology; Greenland; Metamorphism; Pseudosection; Themochronology; U-Pb; QE Geology; Geochemistry and Petrology; Geology; DAS; QE; Maniitsoq
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/18484; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2018.08.007; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024493718302809?via%3Dihub#s0140

The Ministry of Mineral Resources (MMR) of the Greenland Government is acknowledged for supporting the field and analytical work in the Maniitsoq region, SW Greenland. Apatite is an accessory mineral that is frequently found in both igneous and clastic sedimentary rocks. It is conventionally conside...