Changes in zircon chemistry during archean UHT metamorphism in the Napier Complex, Antarctica

American Journal of Science

Volumn 313, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 933-967

  Kusiak, Monika A ^a,b,c   Whitehouse, Martin J ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^b   Dunkley, Daniel J ^b   Menneken, Martina ^d   Nemchin, Alexander A ^b   Clark, Chris ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Geochronology; Ion imaging; SIMS; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PARAGENESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA; NAPIER RANGE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84892695733     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/09.2013.05     Document Type: Article

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