U-pb zircon age for the etheridge group, georgetown region, north queensland: Implications for relationship with the broken hill and mt isa sequences

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 925-935

  Black, L P ^a   Gregory, P ^b   Withnall, I W ^c   Bain, J H C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

^c Geological Survey of Queensland   (Australia)

Author keywords

Etheridge group; Intrusive rocks; Proterozoic; Uranium lead shrimp dating; Zircon

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCK; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

AUSTRALIA; GEORGETOWN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0032460107     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099808728446     Document Type: Article

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