Ion microprobe dating of paleozoic granitoids: Devonian magmatism in New Zealand and correlations with Australia and Antarctica

Chemical Geology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 191-210

  Muir, R J ^a   Ireland, T R ^b   Weaver, S D ^a   Bradshaw, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DEVONIAN; GRANITE; ION MICROPROBE; MAGMATISM;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, WESTERN PROVINCE;

EID: 0029753238     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2541(95)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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