Tracking chemical alteration in magmatic zircon using rare earth element abundances

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• chemical alteration 100%
• rare earth element 62%
• zircon 61%
• trace element 16%
• magma 11%
• contact metamorphism 9%
• contamination 9%
• greenschist facies 8%
• quartzite 7%
• hydrothermal fluid 7%
• pluton 7%
• fluid flow 6%
• screening 6%
• material 5%
• crystallization 5%
• glass 5%
• melt 5%
• indicator 4%
• fluid 4%
• mineral 4%
• index 3%
• chemical 3%
• parameter 2%

Chemical Compounds

• Lanthanoid Atom 55%
• Indicator 6%
• Filtration 6%
• Mineral 5%
• Crystallization 5%
• Glass 5%
• Volume 4%