U-Pb, trace element and Lu-Hf properties of unique dissolution-reprecipitation zircon from UHP eclogite in SW Sulu terrane, eastern China

Gondwana Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 169-183

  Liu, Fulai ^a   Gerdes, Axel ^b   Liu, Pinghua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dissolution reprecipitation zircon; Eclogite; Primary fluid inclusion; REE and Lu Hf isotope geochemistry; SHRIMP U Pb geochronology; Sulu UHP terrane

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860884166     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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