40Ar/39Ar geochronology of Ferrar Dolerite sills from the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica: Implications for the age and origin of the Ferrar magmatic province

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 533-546

  Fleming, T H ^a   Heimann, A ^a,b   Foland, K A ^a   Elliot, D H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; MICA;

GEOCHEMICAL VARIATIONS; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; NEUTRON FLUENCES; SHORT DURATIONS; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA; SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES; THOLEIITIC ROCKS; WEDDELL SEA; ANTARCTICA; DIKE SWARMS;

LANDFORMS; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BIOTITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIABASE; DIKE SWARM; FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; JURASSIC;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; THERON MOUNTAINS; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0030866608     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0533:AAGOFD>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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