Rare earth elements in zircon: A review of applications and case studies from the Outer Hebridean Lewisian Complex, NW Scotland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 220, Issue , 2003, Pages 49-64

  Whitehouse, Martin J ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TEXTURE; ZIRCON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HEBRIDES; OUTER HEBRIDES; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARCHAEA; LEWISIA;

EID: 0348136378     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.220.01.03     Document Type: Article

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