Radiation effects in zircon

Zircon

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 387-425

  Ewing, Rodney C ^a   Meldrum, Alkiviathes ^b   Wang, LuMin ^a   Weber, William J ^c   Corrales, L René ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

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