Interpretation of zircon coronae textures from metapelitic granulites of the Ivrea-Verbano Zone, northern Italy: two-stage decomposition of Fe-Ti oxides

Funding

This study was funded by the University of Vienna (doctoral school "DOGMA", project IK 052). The authors acknowledge access to the laboratory for scanning electron microscopy and focused ion beam applications, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy at the University of Vienna (Austria), and specifically Gerlinde Habler, who acquired the orientation contrast images presented in this study. The authors are grateful to Rainer Abart, Claudia Beybel, Franz Biedermann, Sigrid Hrabe, Hugh Rice and all colleagues of the FOR741 research group for fruitful discussions; to the Geologische Bundesanstalt (GBA) of Austria and Christian Auer for access to the SEM; to the Department of Geology at the University of the Free State for the support in writing this paper. Comments of Nigel Kelly, Fernando Corfu and Roberto Weinberg helped to improve the text greatly.