U-Pb ages from the Harts Range, central Australia: Evidence for early Ordovician extension and constraints on Carboniferous metamorphism

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 715-730

  Hand, Martin ^b   Mawby, Jo ^b   Kinny, Peter ^a   Foden, John ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alice Springs Orogeny; Intraplate deformation; Monazite; Ordovician; U Pb

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; METAMORPHISM; ORDOVICIAN; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032728795     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.4.0715     Document Type: Article

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