Ion microprobe U-Pb ages for Neoproterozoic basaltic magmatism in south-central Australia and implications for the breakup of Rodinia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 135-159

  Wingate, Michael T D ^a,c   Campbell, Ian H ^a   Compston, William ^a   Gibson, George M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Baddeleyite; Dyke; Neoproterozoic; Rodinia; Zircon

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031823757     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(97)00072-7     Document Type: Article

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