Elemental distribution in zircon: Alteration and radiation-damage effects

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 31, Issue 10-14, 2006, Pages 587-592

  Horie, Kenji ^a   Hidaka, Hiroshi ^a   Gauthier Lafaye, François ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Alteration; Bidoudouma; Incorporation; Metamict zircon; REE; U Pb systematics

Indexed keywords

EUROPIUM; FRACTIONATION; LEAD; RADIATION; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

GEOLOGICAL ALTERATION EFFECTS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSES; METAMICT ZIRCON; NON-FORMULA ELEMENTS;

ZIRCON;

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; GABON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33746375327     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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