Combined U-Pb and Hf isotope LA-(MC-)ICP-MS analyses of detrital zircons: Comparison with SHRIMP and new constraints for the provenance and age of an Armorican metasediment in Central Germany

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 249, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 47-61

  Gerdes, Axel ^a   Zeh, Armin ^b  

^a Institut fur Geowissenschaften   (Germany)

^b Mineralogisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Europe; crustal growth; Hf isotope composition; LA ICP MS; sediment provenance; U Pb geochronology; zircon

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL GROWTH; MAGMATIC ROCKS; METASEDIMENT; SHRIMP DATING;

ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; URANIUM ALLOYS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METASEDIMENT; PROVENANCE; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33748158413     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.06.039     Document Type: Article

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