The New England Batholith of eastern Australia: Evidence of silicic magma mixing from zircon 176Hf/177Hf ratios

Lithos

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 115-126

  Shaw, S E ^a   Flood, R H ^a   Pearson, N J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Granite supersuites; Hf isotopes; Magma mixing; Neoproterozoic crust; Silicic melts; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRANITE; HAFNIUM; METASEDIMENT; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PLUTON; SOURCE ROCK; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA; LACHLAN FOLD BELT; NEW ENGLAND FOLD BELT;

EID: 80051698475     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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