REE, U, TH, AND HF DISTRIBUTION IN ZIRCON FROM WESTERN CARPATHIAN VARISCAN GRANITOIDS: A COMBINED CATHODOLUMINESCENCE AND ION MICROPROBE STUDY.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Poller, Ulrike; Huth, Joachim; Hoppe, Peter; Williams, Ian S.
- Source
- American Journal of Science. Dec2001, Vol. 301 Issue 10, p858. 19p. 8 Diagrams, 3 Charts, 9 Graphs.
- Subject
- *CATHODOLUMINESCENCE
*CRYSTALS
*ZIRCON
*RARE earth metals
- Language
- ISSN
- 0002-9599
Explores the possible connections between the cathodoluminescence (CL) emission of natural zircon crystals and their chemical composition. Combination of a CL investigation on individual zircon crystals from Variscan S-type granites with ion microprobe rare earth element and trace element analyses; Identification of inherited zircon cores.