U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopes in baddeleyite and zircon megacrysts from the Mbuji-Mayi kimberlite: Constraints on the subcontinental mantle

Chemical Geology

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-16

  Schärer, Urs ^a   Corfu, Fernando ^b   Demaiffe, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Baddeleyite; Geochronology; Kimberlites; Subcontinental mantle; U Pb Hf; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BADDELEYITE; CRETACEOUS; KIMBERLITE; LUTETIUM/HAFNIUM; MANTLE; URANIUM/LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EID: 0031408911     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00094-6     Document Type: Article

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