Extended history of a 3.5 Ga trondhjemitic gneiss, Wyoming Province, USA: Evidence from U-Pb systematics in zircon

Precambrian Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 41-52

  Mueller, Paul A ^a   Wooden, Joseph L ^b   Mogk, David W ^c   Nutman, Allen P ^d   Williams, I S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; GNEISS; LITHOTECTONIC UNIT; METAMORPHISM; URANIUM/LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

USA, WYOMING PROVINCE;

EID: 0029729960     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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