I would appreciate articles where zircon studies (zircon morphostructures and geochemistry) are used to determine crustal evolution in a catatonic setting
Zircon is a mineral that is commonly used in geochronology and geochemistry studies because it can preserve information about the age and source of geological materials. Zircon also exhibits distinctive morphostructures, such as oscillatory zoning, sector zoning, and overgrowth rims, which can provide additional information about the formation and evolution of geological materials
"Zircon as a monitor of metamorphic and magmatic processes" by J. W. Valley, D. R. Peck, and A. J. Kinny (1999).
Zircon has different advantages when it comes to find solutions to geodynamic and geotectonic issues.
1. Its is one of the most common minerals used for U- and Th age dating.
2. Due to its internal and external textural changes different growth zones and generations of zircon population can be distinguished from each other.
Particularly its X habits can be very well used for constraiining the P/T conditions . Please see the papers cited below
DILL, H.G. (2010) The “chessboard” classification scheme of mineral deposits: Mineralogy and geology from aluminum to zirconium.- Earth Science Reviews, 100: 1-420.
DILL, H.G., WEBER, B. and KLOSA, D. (2012) Crystal morphology and mineral chemistry of monazite–zircon mineral assemblages in continental placer deposits (SE Germany): Ore guide and provenance marker.- Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 112: 322-346.
3. By means of trace elements the zircon generations can be attributed to different environments of formation. This is especially favored by its ultrastable behavior among the heavy minerals that enables zircon to survive multiple recycling and concentration in many placer deposits with its X morphology well preserved in marine to alluvial - fluvial placer deposits
DILL, H.G., GOLDMANN S., and CRAVERO, F., (2018) Zr-Ti-Fe placers along the coast of NE Argentina: Provenance analysis and ore guide for the metallogenesis in the South Atlantic Ocean. Ore Geology Reviews 95: 131-160
DILL, H.G. (2018) Gems and Placers—A Genetic Relationship Par Excellence.- Minerals 8/470: 1-43
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