Complex geological histories extending for ≥ 4.0 Ga deciphered from xenocryst zircon microstructures

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 181, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 89-102

  Nelson, David R ^a,b   Robinson, Bruce W ^c   Myers, John S ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archean; Back scattering electron microscopy; Cathodoluminescence; SHRIMP data; U Pb; Ultrastructure; Yilgarn Block; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; METAMORPHISM; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; THERMAL REGIME; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033815987     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00186-2     Document Type: Article

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