Internal structures of zircons from Archaean granites from the Darling Range batholith: Implications for zircon stability and the interpretation of zircon U-Pb ages

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 288-299

  Pidgeon, R T ^a   Nemchin, A A ^a   Hitchen, G J ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 0000468336     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050422     Document Type: Article

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