Brittle fracturing and fracture healing of zircon: An integrated cathodoluminescence, EBSD, U-Th-Pb, and REE study

American Mineralogist

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1213-1224

  Rimša, Andrius ^a,b   Whitehouse, M J ^a   Johansson, L ^b   Piazolo, S ^c  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cathodoluminescence; EBSD; Fracturing; Hydraulic; Hydrothermal; SIMS; Sveconorwegian; U Pb; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CRACKS; FRACTURING (FOSSIL FUEL DEPOSITS); HYDRAULICS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SILICATE MINERALS; THORIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

CRACK SEALING; EBSD; FRACTURE HEALING; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; PB ISOTOPES; SVECONORWEGIAN;

LEAD ALLOYS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRANITE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MIGMATIZATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; URANIUM SERIES DATING; ZIRCON; ZONING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; TJARNESJO;

EID: 34547578742     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2007.2458     Document Type: Article

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