Relationship among titanium, rare earth elements, U-Pb ages and deformation microstructures in zircon: Implications for Ti-in-zircon thermometry

Chemical Geology

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 33-46

  Timms, Nick E ^a   Kinny, Peter D ^a   Reddy, Steven M ^a   Evans, Katy ^a   Clark, Chris ^a   Healy, Dave ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron backscatter diffraction; Granulite; SHRIMP; Siberia; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BACK SCATTER DIFFRACTION; GRANULITE; SHRIMP; SIBERIA; XENOLITH;

BACKSCATTERING; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; DIFFUSION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; MICA; OXIDE MINERALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; SHELLFISH; THERMOMETERS; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCON;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; MICROSTRUCTURE; ORIENTATION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SHRIMP DATING; TITANIUM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; XENOLITH; ZIRCON;

EID: 78650740100     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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