Th-U-Pb isotopic systems and internal structures of complex zircons from an enderbite from the Pium Complex, Carajas Province, Brazil: Evidence for the ages of granulite facies metamorphism and the protolith of the enderbite

Chemical Geology

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 159-171

  Pidgeon, R T ^a   MacAmbira, M J B ^b   Lafon, J M ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Archaean; Brazil; Carajas; Granulites; Zircon U Pb ages

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GRANULITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0034191893     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00190-4     Document Type: Article

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