Leaching and differential recrystallization of metamict zircon under experimental hydrothermal conditions

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-65

  Geisler, Thorsten ^a   Ulonska, Marcus ^a   Schleicher, Helmut ^a   Pidgeon, Robert T ^b   Van Bronswijk, Wilhelm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; LEACHING; MINERAL ALTERATION; RECRYSTALLIZATION; URANIUM SERIES DATING; ZIRCON;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0035016847     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100000202     Document Type: Article

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