Trace element zoning and incipient metamictization in a lunar zircon: Application of three microprobe techniques

American Mineralogist

Volumn 81, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 902-912

  Wopenka, Brigitte ^a   Jolliff, Bradley L ^b   Zinner, Ernst ^b   Kremser, Daniel T ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; RARE EARTHS; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; THORIUM; ZIRCON; ZONING;

ALPHA-DECAY EVENTS; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; HEAVY RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; HIGH FIELD STRENGTHS; LASER RAMAN MICROPROBE SPECTROSCOPIES; QUARTZ MONZODIORITE; RADIATION INDUCED DAMAGE; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

LUNAR MINERAL; METAMICTIZATION; MICROPROBE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRACE ELEMENT; ZIRCON; ZONATION;

EID: 0030452440     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1996-7-813     Document Type: Article

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