Polymetamorphism, zircon growth and retention of early assemblages through the dynamic evolution of a continental arc in Fiordland, New Zealand

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 281-294

  Scott, James M ^a   Palin, J M ^a   Cooper, A F ^a   Fagereng, A ^a   King, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fiordland; Metamorphism; Metastability; Zircon REE; Zircon U Pb

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; CONTINENTAL ARC; METAMORPHISM; RECRYSTALLIZATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; FIORDLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

EID: 65249179367     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2009.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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