SHRIMP U-Pb dating, trace elements and the Lu-Hf isotope system of coesite-bearing zircon from amphibolite in the SW Sulu UHP terrane, eastern China

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2973-3000

  Liu, Fulai ^a   Gerdes, Axel ^b   Zeng, Lingsen ^a   Xue, Huaimin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; COESITE; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LUTETIUM; METAMORPHISM; SHRIMP DATING; TRACE ELEMENT; TRIASSIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SULU BELT;

EID: 45449120995     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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