Radiogenic, nucleogenic and fissiogenic noble gas compositions in early Archaean magmatic zircons from Greenland

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-269

  Honda, Masahiko ^a   Nutman, Allen P ^a   Bennett, Vickie C ^a   Yatsevich, Igor ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Closure temperature; Diffuson; Early Archaean; Noble gas; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CLOSURE TEMPERATURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; NOBLE GAS; RADIONUCLIDE; ZIRCON;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 4644289431     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.38.265     Document Type: Article

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