Behavior of zircon during high-pressure, low-temperature metamorphism: Case study from the Internal Unit of the Sesia Zone (Western Italian Alps)

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-71

  Liermann, Hanns Peter ^a   Isachsen, Clark ^a   Altenberger, Uwe ^a   Obherhänsli, Roland ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

High pressure; Hydrous fluids; Metamorphism; Orthogneiss; Sesia Zone; U Pb geochronology; Western Alps; Zircon dissolution; Zircon morphology; Zircon overgrowth

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; DEHYDRATION; DISSOLUTION; GARNETS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ALLOYS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; URANIUM ALLOYS;

HIGH PRESSURE; HYDROUS FLUIDS; METAMORPHISM; ORTHOGNEISS; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY; WESTERN ALPS;

ZIRCON;

FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; METAMORPHISM; PALEOZOIC; ZIRCON;

ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 0036166048     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2002/0014-0061     Document Type: Article

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