Morphology and geochemistry of zircon in bentonite ash at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary in the Anthering formation, Eastern Alps, Austria

The morphology and concentrations of trace elements and rare earth elements (REE) of zircon from a transitional layer of bentonite ash at the Paleocene–Eocene boundary at a locality north of Salzburg in the Eastern Alps suggest a magmatic genesis of the zircon, and data on the REE distribution in the mineral testify to an oceanic nature of the magmas. A more reliable criterion of the nature of the magmatic source is data on the Li concentrations; the latter in some of the zircon grains are much lower than the minimum values typical of the continental crust. It is hypothesized that a zircon type exists that is related to plume magmatism. This is the e-book version of the article, published in the Russian Journal of Earth Sciences (doi:10.2205/2014ES000535). It is generated from the original source file using LaTeX’s epub.cls class.

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