The alteration of metamict zircon and its role in the remobilization of high-field-strength elements in the Georgeville granite, Nova Scotia

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-18

  Anderson, Alan ^a   Wirth, Richard ^b   Thomas, Rainer ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

A type granite; Alteration; Georgeville pluton; High field strength elements; Hydrothermal; Nova Scotia; Pegmatite; Sm Nd isotopes; Transmission electron microscopy; Zircon

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; FRACTURE; GRANITE; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TEXTURES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

MERAMICT ZIRCON; PEGMATITE; PLUTON; SUBSOLIDUS RE-EQUILIBRATION;

ZIRCON;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; DURABILITY; GRANITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PLUTON; REMOBILIZATION; STRENGTH; TRACE ELEMENT; ZIRCON;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 42949089386     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.46.1.1     Document Type: Article

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