Empirical calibration of oxygen isotope fractionation in zircon
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چکیده
New empirical calibrations for the fractionation of oxygen isotopes among zircon, almandine-rich garnet, titanite, and quartz are combined with experimental values for quartz-grossular. The resulting A-coefficients (‰K) are: for the relation 1000 ln Y-X AY-X (10 /T). The fractionation of oxygen isotopes between zircon and coexisting minerals can provide otherwise unavailable evidence of magmatic processes, including crystallization, remelting, and assimilation-fractional crystallization. Copyright © 2003 Elsevier Ltd
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