U-Pb and Hf isotopic analysis of zircon in lower crustal xenoliths from the Navajo volcanic field: 1.4 Ga mafic magmatism and metamorphism beneath the Colorado Plateau

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-330

  Crowley, James L ^a   Schmitz, Mark D ^b   Bowring, Samuel A ^a   Williams, Michael L ^c   Karlstrom, Karl E ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; XENOLITH; ZIRCON;

EID: 33645574521     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-006-0061-z     Document Type: Article

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