Zirconolite: A new U-Pb chronometer for mafic igneous rocks

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 785-788

  Rasmussen, Birger ^a   Fletcher, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baddeleyite; Dolerite; Geochronology; Mafic rocks; SHRIMP; Zircon; Zirconolite

Indexed keywords

MANTLE DYNAMICS; MASS EXTINCTION; METAMORPHISM;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; IN SITU PROCESSING; LEAD; MANGANESE; MINERALS; STIRLING CYCLE; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAFIC ROCK; PRECAMBRIAN; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCONOLITE;

EID: 4744372590     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20658.1     Document Type: Article

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