Internal structures and dating of complex zircons from Meissen Massif monzonites, Saxony

Chemical Geology

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 331-341

  Nasdala, Lutz ^a   Wenzel, Thomas ^b   Pidgeon, Robert T ^c   Kronz, Andreas ^b  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Metamictization; Monzonite; Raman microprobe; SHRIMP ion probe; U Pb ages; U Pb isotopic discordance; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; MINERAL ZONING; URANIUM SERIES DATING; ZIRCON;

GERMANY;

EID: 0033011160     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00184-3     Document Type: Article

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