Regional implications of U/Pb SHRIMP age constraints on the tectonic evolution of New Caledonia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 299, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 333-343

  Aitchison, J C ^a   Ireland, T R ^b   Clarke, G L ^c   Cluzel, D ^d   Davis, A M ^a   Meffre, S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Univ Française du Pacifique   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Inheritance; Koh terrane; Late Carboniferous; Maitai terrane; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Ophiolite; Precambrian; U Pb; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; OPHIOLITE; TERRANE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; ZIRCON;

NEW CALEDONIA;

EID: 0032583368     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00211-X     Document Type: Article

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