Palaeoproterozoic thermal events recorded in the ∼4.0 Ga Acasta gneiss, Canada: Evidence from SHRIMP U-Pb dating of apatite and zircon

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 899-905

  Sano, Yuji ^a   Terada, Kentaro ^a   Hidaka, Hiroshi ^a   Yokoyama, Kazumi ^b   Nutman, Allen P ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

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EID: 0001020901     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00303-2     Document Type: Article

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