Dissolution, growth and survival of zircons during crustal fusion: Kinetic principals, geological models and implications for isotopic inheritance

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 43-56

  Watson, E Bruce ^a  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

crustal fusion; isotopic inheritance; Zircon dissolution; zircon growth; zircon survival

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; DISSOLUTION; GRANITE; ISOTOPIC INHERITANCE; RELICT CORE; ZIRCON;

EID: 0030441074     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300006465     Document Type: Article

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