Zircons from Syros, Cyclades, Greece - Recrystallization and mobilization of zircon during high-pressure metamorphism

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1977-2002

  Tomaschek, Frank ^a   Kennedy, Allen K ^b   Villa, Igor M ^c   Lagos, Markus ^a   Ballhaus, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Paragonite 39Ar40Ar dating; Syros meta ophiolite; Zircon dissolution reprecipitation; Zircon U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; METAMORPHISM; MOBILIZATION; RECRYSTALLIZATION; ZIRCON;

CYCLADAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SYROS;

EID: 0141431379     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egg067     Document Type: Article

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