Zircon U-Pb geochronology of plutonic rocks from the Antarctic Peninsula: Confirmation of the presence of unexposed Paleozoic crust

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1309-1324

  Tangeman, Jean A ^a   Mukasa, Samuel B ^a   Grunow, Anne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITOID; INHERITED AGE; PALAEOZOIC; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA;

EID: 0030391315     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96TC00840     Document Type: Article

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