Internal zoning and U-Th-Pb chemistry of Jack Hills detrital zircons: A mineral record of early Archean to Mesoproterozoic (4348-1576 Ma) magmatism

Precambrian Research

Volumn 135, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 251-279

  Cavosie, Aaron J ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^b   Liu, Dunyi ^c   Weiblen, Paul W ^d   Valley, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathodoluminescence; Early Archean; Electric Pulse Disaggregation; Hadean; Jack Hills; SHRIMP; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MINERAL; THORIUM; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ARCHEAN; CRATON; EARLY EARTH; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; RECORDING; ROCK; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 7744245210     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2004.09.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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