Response of the U-Pb chronometer and trace elements in zircon to ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism: The Kadavur anorthosite complex, southern India

Chemical Geology

Volumn 290, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 177-188

  Kooijman, Ellen ^a,b   Upadhyay, Dewashish ^a,c   Mezger, Klaus ^a,d   Raith, Michael M ^e   Berndt, Jasper ^a   Srikantappa, C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Anorthosite; LA ICP MS; Metamorphism; U Pb; UHT; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; LA-ICP-MS; METAMORPHISM; U-PB; UHT;

ABLATION; GALLIUM; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; RADIATION DAMAGE; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); TRACE ELEMENTS;

ZIRCON;

ANNEALING; ANORTHOSITE; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTACT METAMORPHISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; RECRYSTALLIZATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

INDIA;

EID: 80055097617     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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