Zircon megacrysts from kimberlite: oxygen isotope variability among mantle melts.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Valley, John W.; Kinny, Peter D.
- Source
- Contributions to Mineralogy & Petrology. Oct98, Vol. 133 Issue 1/2, p1. 11p.
- Subject
- *ZIRCON
*OXYGEN isotopes
*KIMBERLITE
*ANALYTICAL chemistry
*MEASUREMENT
- Language
- ISSN
- 0010-7999
Determines the variability of oxygen isotope ratios of Phanerozoic zircons from kimberlite pipes in the Kaapvaal Craton of southern Africa. Chemical and physical characteristics of zircons; Preservation of mantle isotope compositions; Genesis of zircon megacrysts.