Thermal events documented in Hadean zircons by ion microprobe depth profiles

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 4044-4065

  Trail, Dustin ^a   Mojzsis, Stephen J ^a   Harrison, T Mark ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAIN SIZE; ION MICROPROBE; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK; URANIUM SERIES DATING; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34547483115     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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