Trace element composition of igneous zircon: A thermal and compositional record of the accumulation and evolution of a large silicic batholith, Spirit Mountain, Nevada

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 511-531

  Claiborne, Lily L ^a   Miller, Calvin F ^a   Wooden, Joseph L ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal mush; Fractionation; Granite; Rejuvenation; Ti in zircon thermometer; Trace elements; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOACCUMULATION; IGNEOUS ROCK; MIXING; TEMPERATURE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZIRCON;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956401562     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-010-0491-5     Document Type: Article

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