Zircon dissolution in a ductile shear zone, Monte Rosa granite gneiss, Northern Italy

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 971-986

  Dempster, Tim J ^a   Martin, J C ^b   Shipton, Z K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deformation; Dissolution; Metamorphism; Shear zone; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SHAPES; DUCTILE SHEAR ZONES; FINE GRAINS; FLUID INFLUXES; GRAIN SIZES; HOST GNEISS; METAMORPHISM; NORTHERN ITALY; SHEAR ZONE; ZIRCON CRYSTALS;

DEFORMATION; DISSOLUTION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRANITE; MICA; SILICATE MINERALS;

ZIRCON;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; GNEISS; GRAIN BOUNDARY; GRAIN SIZE; GRANITE; MUSCOVITE; SHEAR ZONE; SYMMETRY; ZIRCON;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONTE ROSA; PENNINE ALPS;

EID: 64549133408     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2008.072.4.971     Document Type: Article

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