Zircon 'microvein' in peralkaline granitic gneiss, western Ethiopia: Origin, SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology and trace element investigations

Chemical Geology

Volumn 242, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 76-102

  Kebede, Tesfaye ^a   Horie, Kenji ^a   Hidaka, Hiroshi ^a   Terada, Kentaro ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal alteration; Peralkaline granite; Trace element; U Pb zircon age; Western Ethiopian Precambrian; zircon 'microvein'

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; PERALKALINE ROCK; PRECAMBRIAN; SHRIMP DATING; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34250699585     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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