Origin and Evolution of Precambrian High-Grade Gneiss Terranes, with Special Emphasis on the Limpopo Complex of Southern Africa

Petrological and experimental application of REE- and actinide-bearing accessory minerals to the study of Precambrian high-grade gneiss terranes
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Published:February 01, 2011
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Daniel Harlov, 2011. "Petrological and experimental application of REE- and actinide-bearing accessory minerals to the study of Precambrian high-grade gneiss terranes", Origin and Evolution of Precambrian High-Grade Gneiss Terranes, with Special Emphasis on the Limpopo Complex of Southern Africa, Dirk D. van Reenen, Jan D. Kramers, Stephen McCourt, Leonid L. Perchuk
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The current role of rare-earth-element- (REE-) and actinide-bearing accessory minerals as both geochronological markers and recorders of geochemical processes is reviewed in this paper. The minerals covered include the most common REE- and actinide-bearing accessory minerals found in high-grade rocks—i.e., monazite, xeno-time, apatite, huttonite, thorite, zircon, allanite, and titanite. The goal of this review is to describe the most recent research developments regarding these minerals and their interaction with each other as well as their role as geochronometers. These results are then applied to two cross sections of lower crust from Rogaland–Vest Agder, SW Norway, and Tamil Nadu, S India...
- accessory minerals
- actinides
- allanite
- amphibolite facies
- apatite
- Asia
- crust
- epidote group
- Europe
- facies
- fluorapatite
- gneisses
- granulite facies
- high-grade metamorphism
- India
- Indian Peninsula
- lower crust
- metals
- metamorphic rocks
- metamorphism
- mineral composition
- mobility
- monazite
- nesosilicates
- Norway
- orthosilicates
- petrography
- phosphates
- Precambrian
- rare earths
- Scandinavia
- silicates
- sorosilicates
- Tamil Nadu India
- terranes
- thorite
- titanite
- titanite group
- Western Europe
- xenotime
- zircon
- zircon group
- Rogaland-Vest Agder Complex