The history of a continent from U-Pb ages of zircons from Orinoco River sand and Sm-Nd isotopes in Orinoco basin river sediments

Chemical Geology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 271-286

  Goldstein, S L ^a,d   Arndt, N T ^b   Stallard, R F ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Orinoco River; Sediments; Sm Nd isotopes; U Pb ages; Zircons

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; PROTEROZOIC; SAMARIUM/NEODYMIUM DATING; URANIUM/LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

VENEZUELA, ORINOCO BASIN;

EID: 0030785216     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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