Mineral inclusions in zircon domains and geological significance of SHRIMP U-Pb dating for coesite-bearing zircons of paragneiss in Sulu terrane, eastern China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-184

  Liu, Fulai ^a   Yang, Jingsui ^a   Xu, Zhiqin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cathodoluminescence; Mineral inclusion; Paragneiss; SHRIMP U Pb dating; Sulu terrane; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IMPURITIES; MINERALS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; ZIRCON;

MINERAL INCLUSION; PARAGNEISS; SHRIMP U-PB DATING; SULU TERRANE;

INCLUSIONS;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; COESITE; EXHUMATION; PRECAMBRIAN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SULU BELT;

EID: 33745694621     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03YD0477     Document Type: Article

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