Do S-type granites commonly sample infracrustal sources? New results from an integrated O, U-Pb and Hf isotope study of zircon

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-132

  Appleby, Sarah K ^a,d   Gillespie, Martin R ^b   Graham, Colin M ^a   Hinton, Richard W ^a   Oliver, Grahame J H ^c   Kelly, Nigel M ^d   EIMF, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Granite sources; Hf isotopes; Oxygen isotopes; S type granites; Scottish Caledonian granites; Zircon

Indexed keywords

HAFNIUM; I-TYPE ROCK; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMA; MELTING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PETROGENESIS; S-TYPE ROCK; URANIUM ISOTOPE; ZIRCON;

EID: 77953476809     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-009-0469-3     Document Type: Article

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