Anatomy of a low temperature zircon outgrowth

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-92

  Hay, Duncan C ^a   Dempster, Tim J ^a   Lee, Martin R ^a   Brown, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metamict; Outgrowths; Permeability; Retrograde metamorphism; Xenotime; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; ORIENTATION; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; XENOTIME; ZIRCON;

EID: 72249095800     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-009-0417-2     Document Type: Article

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