Decoupling of U-Pb dates from chemical and crystallographic domains in granulite facies zircon

Chemical Geology

Volumn 270, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 20-30

  Flowers, Rebecca M ^a   Schmitt, Axel K ^b   Grove, Marty ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Granulite facies; Metamorphism; Pb loss; U Pb; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE FACIES; METAMORPHISM; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CANADIAN SHIELD;

EID: 74449085340     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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