Estimation of a maximum Lu diffusion rate in a natural eclogite garnet

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 637-650

  Skora, Susanne ^a,d   Baumgartner, Lukas P ^a   Mahlen, Nancy J ^b   Lapen, Thomas J ^c   Johnson, Clark M ^b   Bussy, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpine eclogites; Closure temperature; Lu zoning; Lu Hf; Sm Nd; Volume diffusion

Indexed keywords

CLOSURE TEMPERATURE; DIFFUSION; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; GARNET; HAFNIUM; LUTETIUM; METAMORPHISM; PROGRADATION; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; ZONING; CLINOPYROXENE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 59349109975     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-008-1268-y     Document Type: Article

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