Hafnium isotope homogenization during metamorphic zircon growth in amphibolite-facies rocks: Examples from the Shackleton Range (Antarctica)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4740-4758

  Zeh, Armin ^a   Gerdes, Axel ^b   Will, Thomas M ^a   Frimmel, Hartwig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; DISSOLUTION; GARNET; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SHACKLETON RANGE;

EID: 77954534962     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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