The robustness of the Zr-in-rutile and Ti-in-zircon thermometers during high-temperature metamorphism (Ivrea-Verbano Zone, northern Italy)

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 757-779

  Ewing, Tanya A ^a   Hermann, Jörg ^a   Rubatto, Daniela ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Granulite facies; Ivrea Verbano Zone; Thermometry; Ti in zircon; U Pb geochronology; Zr in rutile

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; EXSOLUTION; GRANULITE FACIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METAPELITE; P-T CONDITIONS; RECRYSTALLIZATION; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; RUTILE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TITANIUM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON; ZIRCONIUM;

ITALY; IVREA-VERBANO ZONE;

EID: 84875381031     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-012-0834-5     Document Type: Article

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