In situ LA-SF-ICP-MS U-Pb dating of metasomatic zircon growth during retrogression of UHP eclogites, Sulu deep drilling hole, China

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1251-1264

  Riemann, Astrid ^a   Oberhänsli, Roland ^a   Möller, Andreas ^b   Gerdes, Axel ^c   Xu, Zhigin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c Mineralogie   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Retrogression; U pb dating; Ultrahigh pressure metamorphism; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GASOLINE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; INFILL DRILLING; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA;

BARIUM CONCENTRATIONS; CONTINENTAL SCIENTIFIC DRILLINGS; ECLOGITES; RETROGRESSION; THERMODYNAMIC MODELLING; U-PB DATING; ULTRA HIGH PRESSURE (UHP); ULTRA-HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISMS;

ZIRCON;

AMPHIBOLITE; CHINESE CONTINENTAL SCIENTIFIC DRILLING PROJECT; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PETROLOGY; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EID: 77149148196     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-2005     Document Type: Article

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