U-Pb reverse discordance in zircons: The role of fine-scale oscillatory zoning and sub-micron transport of Pb

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 95, Issue , 1995, Pages 355-370

  Mattinson, James M ^a   Graubard, Cinda M ^a   Parkinson, David L ^a   McClelland, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0013466151     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM095p0355     Document Type: Chapter

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