Zirconium and its stable isotopes in igneous systems

JL Guo, Z Wang, W Zhang, L Feng, F Moynier, Z Hu… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Zirconium, as a high field strength element, has been widely used to trace the differentiation
of terrestrial planets. It is also a major constituent in zircon, an important accessory mineral …

Zirconium stable isotope fractionation during intra-crustal magmatic differentiation in an active continental arc

LJ Zieman, M Ibañez-Mejia, FLH Tissot… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Zirconium (Zr) stable isotope variations occur among co-existing Zr-rich accessory phases
as well as at the bulk-rock scale, but the petrologic mechanism (s) responsible for Zr isotope …

Magmatic crystallization drives zircon Zr isotopic variations in a large granite batholith

Z Zhu, W Zhang, J Wang, Z Wang, JL Guo… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Stable zirconium (Zr) isotope of magmatic zircons is a promising new tracer to understand
magma differentiation in the continental crust. However, magmatic processes controlling …

Zircon Zr isotope fractionation during crustal anatexis

E Zhu, Q **a, Z Li, R Chen, J Van Orman - Science China Earth Sciences, 2024 - Springer
Zirconium is one of high field strength elements but its isotope behavior during geochemical
processes is still uncertain because of the limited database. While Zr isotopes in magmatic …

Zirconium isotope tracing of the magmatic-hydrothermal transition

EL Zhu, QX **a, SB Zhang, J Van Orman… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Zirconium (Zr) isotope has significant potential for tracing magmatic processes, particularly
late-stage fractionation involving fluids. However, the fractionation of Zr isotopes between …

Linking significant Zr isotopic fractionation in magmatic zircons with petrographic textures

Y Yuan, K Zong, JL Guo, W Zhang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The origin of crystal‐scale Zr isotopic variation remains enigmatic. Here, we report high‐
precision Zr isotopic compositions of thin‐sectioned and hand‐picked zircon crystals from …

Temperature and co-crystallization effects on Zr isotopes

HM Kirkpatrick, TM Harrison, M Ibañez-Mejia… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
We undertook Zr isotope measurements on zircon, titanite, biotite, amphibole, and whole
rocks from the La Posta pluton (Peninsular Ranges, southern California) together with trace …

Ultrahigh-pressure mantle metasomatism in continental collision zones recorded by post-collisional mafic rocks

M Gao, H Xu, SF Foley, J Zhang, Y Wang - Bulletin, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Post-collisional mafic magmas are melts of mixed sources formed by the interaction between
crust and mantle. We report the first identification of metasomatic sources formed at> 200 km …

Zircon ZrHf isotope disequilibrium during crustal anatexis: A record from the Mesozoic migmatite in the eastern Gangdese arc, South Tibet

Y Zhang, L Guo, W Zhang, H Zhang, T Luo - Chemical Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Stable zirconium (Zr) isotopes have become the focus of attention as potential tracers of
magma crystallization and differentiation processes. However, the effects of partial melting …

Zirconium isotopes track volcanic inputs during the Permian-Triassic transition in South China

Y Jiao, L Zhou, TJ Algeo, J Shen, L Feng, Y Hu, J Liu… - Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Permian-Triassic mass extinction (PTME), the most severe biocrisis of the
Phanerozoic, has been widely attributed to intense volcanism. Although the Siberian Traps …