U-Pb-Hf-trace element systematics and geochronology of zircon from a granulite-facies metamorphosed mafic-ultramafic layered complex in Central Brazil

Precambrian Research

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 176-192

  Giustina, Maria Emilia Schutesky Della ^a   Pimentel, Márcio Martins ^a   Ferreira Filho, Cesar F ^a   Fuck, Reinhardt A ^b   Andrade, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Barro Alto Complex; Hf isotopes; LA ICPMS; Metamorphic zircon; Serra da Malacacheta Complex; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE FACIES; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LASER METHOD; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAMORPHISM; RECRYSTALLIZATION; TRACE ELEMENT; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

BRAZIL;

EID: 79960392642     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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