Igneous zircon: Trace element composition as an indicator of source rock type

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 602-622

  Belousova, E A ^a   Griffin, W L ^b   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^a   Fisher, N I ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; INDICATOR MINERAL; MINERAL EXPLORATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SOURCE ROCK; TRACE ELEMENT; ZIRCON;

EID: 0036705470     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-002-0364-7     Document Type: Article

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