Download or read book Zircon written by John M. Hanchar and published by de Gruyter. This book was released on 2003 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter titles: Structure and chemistry of zircon and zircon-group minerals; The composition of zircon and igneous and metamorphic petrogenesis; Melt inclusions in zircon; Zircon saturation thermometry; Diffusion in zircon; Historical development of zircon geochronology; Zircon U-Th-Pb geochronology by ID-TIMS; Considerations in zircon geochronology by SIMS; Present trends and the future of zircon in geochronology: laser ablation ICPMS; Detrital zircon analysis of the sedimentary record; High-precision U-Pb zircon geochronology and the stratigraphic record; Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd isotope systems in zircon; Oxygen isotopes in zircon; Radiation effects in zircon; Spectroscopic methods applied to zircon; Atlas of zircon textures.