Zircon U-Pb and hornblende 40Ar-39Ar ages for the Dufek layered mafic intrusion, Antarctica: Implications for the age of the Ferrar large igneous province

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2497-2504

  Minor, David R ^a   Mukasa, Samuel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; INTRUSION; JURASSIC; MAFIC ROCK; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

ANTARCTICA, FERRAR IGNEOUS PROVINCE;

EID: 0031469277     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00098-7     Document Type: Article

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