Sources and evolution of arc magmas inferred from coupled O and Hf isotope systematics of plutonic zircons from the Cretaceous Separation Point Suite (New Zealand)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 268, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 312-324

  Bolhar, R ^a   Weaver, S D ^a   Whitehouse, M J ^b   Palin, J M ^c   Woodhead, J D ^d   Cole, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

AFC; Hf isotopes; O isotopes; Separation Point Suite; subduction; zircon

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING GUIDED MICRO-BEAM METHODS; GRANITOIDS; MAGMA EVOLUTION;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TECTONICS;

ZIRCON DEPOSITS;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; COUNTRY ROCK; EMPLACEMENT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GRANITOID; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGMA; MESOZOIC; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOZOIC; PLUTON; SUBDUCTION; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; FIORDLAND; NELSON; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

EID: 41449093691     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.01.022     Document Type: Article

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