Isotopic and chemical alteration of zircon by metamorphic fluids: U-Pb age depth-profiling of zircon crystals from Barrow's garnet zone, northeast Scotland

American Mineralogist

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1067-1077

  Breeding, Christopher M ^a   Ague, Jay J ^a   Grove, Marty ^b   Rupke, Andrew L ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CRYSTAL CUTTING; CRYSTALS; DEPTH PROFILING; GARNETS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS;

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CRYSTAL SURFACES; EQUIVALENT LAYER; INTERNAL FRACTURE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METAMORPHIC FLUIDS; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ZIRCON;

DALRADIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; METAMORPHISM; MINERAL ALTERATION; ZIRCON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3943088296     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2004-0719     Document Type: Article

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