Detrital zircon analysis of the sedimentary record

Zircon

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 277-303

  Fedo, Christopher M ^a   Sircombe, Keith N ^b   Rainbird, Robert H ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZIRCON;

DETRITAL ZIRCON; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS;

SILICATE MINERALS;

EID: 85061292652     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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