<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Detailed cathodoluminescence (CL) imaging of zircon crystals, coupled with Laser Ablation Multi-Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-MC-ICP-MS) U-Pb zircon dating was used to develop new insights into the evolution of granitoids from the High Tatra Mountains. The zircon U-Pb results show two distinct age groups (350±5 Ma and 337±6 Ma) recorded from cores and rims domains, respectively. Obtained results point that the last magmatic activity in the Tatra granitoid intrusion occurred at ca. 330 Ma. The previously suggested age of 314 Ma reflects rather the hydrothermal activity and Pb-loss, coupled with post-magmatic shearing.</p></abstract>

Detailed cathodoluminescence (CL) imaging of zircon crystals, coupled with Laser Ablation Multi-Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-MC-ICP-MS) U-Pb zircon dating was used to develop new insights into the evolution of granitoids from the High Tatra Mountains. The zircon U-Pb results show two distinct age groups (350±5 Ma and 337±6 Ma) recorded from cores and rims domains, respectively. Obtained results point that the last magmatic activity in the Tatra granitoid intrusion occurred at ca. 330 Ma. The previously suggested age of 314 Ma reflects rather the hydrothermal activity and Pb-loss, coupled with post-magmatic shearing.

U-Pb zircon age of the youngest magmatic activity in the High Tatra granites (Central Western Carpathians)

Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Będzińska 60, 41-200, Sosnowiec, Poland

Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria

Geochronometria

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Detailed cathodoluminescence (CL) imaging of zircon crystals, coupled with Laser Ablation Multi-Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry...

U-Pb zircon age of the youngest magmatic activity in the High Tatra granites (Central Western Carpathians)

Published Online: Mar 16, 2013

Page range: 134 - 144

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-013-0106-9

Keywords
Central Western Carpathians, High Tatra granite, U-Pb zircon age

© 2012 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

U-Pb zircon age of the youngest magmatic activity in the High Tatra granites (Central Western Carpathians)

Published Online: Mar 16, 2013

Page range: 134 - 144

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-013-0106-9

KeywordsCentral Western Carpathians, High Tatra granite, U-Pb zircon age

© 2012 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Central Western Carpathians, High Tatra granite, U-Pb zircon age