Grain-scale variations in trace element composition of fluid-altered zircon, Acasta Gneiss Complex, northwestern Canada

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 721-734

  Rayner, N ^a   Stern, R A ^a   Carr, S D ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MINERAL ALTERATION; TRACE ELEMENT; ZIRCON; ZONING;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SLAVE PROVINCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13144306169     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-004-0633-8     Document Type: Article

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