Trace element chemistry and U-Pb dating of zircons from oceanic gabbros and their relationship with whole rock composition (Lanzo, Italian Alps)

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-312

  Kaczmarek, Mary Alix ^a,b   Muntener O ^b   Rubatto, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lanzo massif; Oxyde gabbros; Peridotite; Piemont Ligurian ocean; SHRIMP; Trace element geochemistry; U Pb dating; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; GABBRO; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; PLAGIOCLASE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SHEAR ZONE; THERMAL EVOLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38149032945     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-007-0243-3     Document Type: Article

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