Chemical abrasion applied to SHRIMP zircon geochronology: An example from the Variscan Karkonosze Granite (Sudetes, SW Poland)

Gondwana Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 757-767

  Kryza, Ryszard ^a   Crowley, Quentin G ^b   Larionov, Alexander ^c   Pin, Christian ^d   Oberc Dziedzic, Teresa ^a   Mochnacka, Ksenia ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chemical abrasion; Karkonosze Granite; Radiogenic lead loss; SHRIMP geochronology; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858618559     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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