Laser ablation ICPMS dating of zircons in Erzgebirge orthogneisses: Evidence for Early Cambrian and Early Ordovician granitic plutonism in the western Bohemian Massif

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-22

  Košler, Jan ^a   Bowes, Donald R ^c   Konopásek, Jiří ^b   Míková, Jitka ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Augen gneiss; Bohemian Massif; Erzgebirge; Granitic protolith; Laser ablation ICPMS; U Pb zircon dating; Xenocryst

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BINARY ALLOYS; DOMES; ERBIUM ALLOYS; FELDSPAR; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

AUGEN GNEISS; BOHEMIAN MASSIFS; ERZGEBIRGE; LASER-ABLATION-ICP-MS; PROTOLITHS; U-PB ZIRCON DATING; XENOCRYST;

LASER ABLATION;

CAMBRIAN; CRYSTALLIZATION; DATING METHOD; ORDOVICIAN; PLUTONISM; ZIRCON;

BOHEMIAN MASSIF; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1542400975     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2004/0016-0015     Document Type: Article

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