Experimental study of zircon coarsening in quartzite ±H2O at 1.0 GPa and 1000 °C, with implications for geochronological studies of high-grade metamorphism

American Mineralogist

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 365-376

  Ayers, John C ^a   DeLaCruz, Katherine ^a   Miller, Calvin ^a   Switzer, Oran ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COARSENING; CRYSTALS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LEAD ALLOYS; MICROMETERS; OSTWALD RIPENING; QUARTZ; RATE CONSTANTS; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

CRYSTAL SURFACES; GROWTH RATE EQUATIONS; HIGH GRADE METAMORPHISM; PARABOLIC RATE LAW; PISTON-CYLINDER APPARATUS; TEXTURAL MODIFICATIONS; THERMAL METAMORPHISM; TIME-SERIES EXPERIMENTS;

GROWTH RATE;

ANATEXIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; QUARTZITE; ZIRCON;

EID: 0037294235     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2003-2-313     Document Type: Article

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