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Zircon megacrysts from basalts of the Venetian Volcanic Province (NE Italy): U-Pb ages, oxygen isotopes and REE data

Date

Authors

Visonà, Dario

Caironi, Vincenzo

Carraro, Anna

Dallai, Luigi

Fioretti, Anna Maria

Fanning, Christopher

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Mafic alkaline lavas from the Venetian Volcanic Province (NE Italy) contain orange-brown zircon megacrysts up to 15 mm long, subhedral to subrounded and showing equant morphology, with width-to-length ratios of 1:2-1:2.5. U-Pb ages of zircon (51.1 ± 1.5

Keywords

Keywords: basalt; fractional crystallization; isotopic composition; lava; mafic rock; megacryst; oxygen isotope; rare earth element; uranium-lead dating; zircon; Eurasia; Europe; Italy; Southern Europe Basalts; Mantle; Oxygen isotopes; SHRIMP U-Pb dating and REE; Venetian Volcanic Province (NE Italy); Zircon megacrysts

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/32740

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Lithos

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.lithos.2006.06.007

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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