Development of the early Paleozoic Pacific margin of Gondwana from detrital-zircon ages across the Delamerian orogen

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-246

  Ireland, T R ^a,e   Flottmann T ^b   Fanning, C M ^a   Gibson, G M ^c,f   Preiss, W V ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Mines and Energy South Australia   (Australia)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

DETRITAL ZIRCON; DETRITAL ZIRCON AGE SPECTRUM; EARLY PALEOZOIC; LACHLAN FOLD BELTS; NEOPROTEROZOIC; PROTOLITHS; S-TYPE GRANITES; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

AGE DETERMINATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DELAMERIAN OROGENY; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GONDWANA; PALEOZOIC; PROVENANCE; ZIRCON; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOZOIC;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031844558     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0243:DOTEPP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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