A precise late Neoproterozoic U-Pb zircon age for the syntectonic Perelle quartz diorite, Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-54

  Samson, Scott D ^a   D'Lemos, Richard S ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cadomian Orogeny; English Channel Islands; Quartz diorites; Syntectonic processes; U Pb

Indexed keywords

DIORITE; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032895090     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.1.0047     Document Type: Article

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