Low-temperature hydrothermal alteration of natural metamict zircons from the Eastern Desert, Egypt

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 485-508

  Geisler, T ^a   Rashwan, A A ^b   Rahn, M K W ^c   Poller, U ^d   Zwingmann, H ^e   Pidgeon, R T ^e   Schleicher, H ^f   Tomaschek, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Hauptabteilung fur die Sicherheit der Kernanlagen HSK   (Switzerland)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eastern Desert; Egypt; Hydrothermal alteration; Infrared; Metamictization; Raman; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DIFFUSION; INFILTRATION; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS;

ZIRCON;

HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; I-TYPE ROCK; LOW TEMPERATURE; ZIRCON;

EGYPT;

EID: 0041846781     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461036730112     Document Type: Article

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