Ti-in-zircon thermometry applied to contrasting Archean metamorphic and igneous systems

Chemical Geology

Volumn 247, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 323-338

  Hiess, Joe ^a   Nutman, Allen P ^b   Bennett, Vickie C ^a   Holden, Peter ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Archean; Greenland; Isua; Ti thermometry; Tonalite; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRYSTALLIZATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION; MAGMA CHAMBER; TITANIUM; TONALITE; ZIRCON;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ISUA GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 37649025665     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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