The origin of zircon and the significance of U-Pb ages in high-grade metamorphic rocks: A case study from the Variscan orogenic root (Vosges Mountains, NE France)

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 935-957

  Skrzypek, E ^a,b   Stipska P ^a,c   Cocherie, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

HP granulite; Mineral equilibria modelling; U Pb zircon dating; Variscan Vosges Mountains; Zircon petrogenesis

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; PETROGENESIS; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

FRANCE; VOSGES [(MNR) FRANCE];

EID: 84869173756     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-012-0781-1     Document Type: Article

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