Radiation damage and alteration of zircon from a 3.3 Ga porphyritic granite from the Jack Hills, Western Australia

Chemical Geology

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 92-111

  Utsunomiya, Satoshi ^a   Valley, John W ^b   Cavosie, Aaron J ^b   Wilde, Simon A ^c   Ewing, Rodney C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alteration; EELS; Jack Hills; Radiation damage; TEM; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GRANITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; OXIDATION; RADIATION DAMAGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33751048418     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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