Zircons from kimberlite: New insights from oxygen isotopes, trace elements, and Ti in zircon thermometry

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 3887-3903

  Page, F Zeb ^a   Fu, Bin ^a   Kita, Noriko T ^a   Fournelle, John ^a   Spicuzza, Michael J ^a   Schulze, Daniel J ^b   Viljoen, Fanus ^c   Basei, Miguel A S ^d   Valley, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c De Beers Group   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; FORMATION MECHANISM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE SOURCE; MEGACRYST; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RECRYSTALLIZATION; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZIRCON; ZONING;

AFRICA; BRAZIL; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIBERIA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447528926     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.04.031     Document Type: Article

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