Evidence from U-Pb zircon and 40Ar/39Ar muscovite detrital mineral ages in metasandstones for movement of the Torlesse suspect terrane around the eastern margin of Gondwanaland

Terra Nova

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 183-189

  Adams, C J ^a   Barley, M E ^b   Fletcher, I R ^b   Pickard, A L ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; PLATE TECTONICS; SANDSTONE; TERRANE; ZIRCON;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032420561     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1998.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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