Tracking magmatic processes through Zr/Hf ratios in rocks and Hf and Ti zoning in zircons: An example from the Spirit Mountain batholith, Nevada

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 517-543

  Lowery Claiborne, Lily E ^a   Miller, C F ^a   Walker, B A ^a   Wooden, J L ^b   Mazdab, F K ^b   Bea, F ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fractionation; Hafnium; High silica granite; Ti in zircon thermometry; Zircon; Zirconium

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; HAFNIUM; TITANIUM; ZIRCON; ZIRCONIUM;

COMPOSITIONAL ZONATION; HIGH-SILICA GRANITE; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

MINERALOGY;

BATHOLITH; CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; GRANITE; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MAGMATISM; MELT; THERMAL ALTERATION; TRACKING; ZIRCON; ZONING;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846982262     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461067050348     Document Type: Article

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