Do U-Pb zircon ages from granulites reflect peak metamorphic conditions?

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 319-322

  Roberts, Malcolm P ^a   Finger, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; LEAD ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS;

BOHEMIAN MASSIFS; GRANULITE FACIES; HIGH GRADE METAMORPHISM; MEDIUM PRESSURE; METAMORPHIC CONDITIONS; METAMORPHIC EVENTS; PARTIAL MELTING; U-PB ZIRCON AGES;

ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE; METAMORPHISM; PARTIAL MELTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON; P/T CONDITIONS; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

BOHEMIAN MASSIF;

EID: 0030886191     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0319:DUPZAF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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